Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
11409
Building Number
1
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
22/08/1975
Date of Amendment
13/01/1988
Name of Property
NO.1 CHAPEL ROW,GEORGETOWN,,,,,MID GLAMORGAN,
Address
1 Chapel Row
Location
Unitary Authority
Merthyr Tydfil
Community
Park
Town
Locality
Georgetown
Easting
304451
Northing
206678
Street Side
Location
Situated in open ground to E of Omnibus Depot and backing on to River Taff.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Octagonal chapel opened 1805, converted to Storehouse by 1836 Survey Plan; row of houses added ca 1825.
Exterior
2-storey terraced row with taller remains of polygonal structure at N end. Uniform rubble frontage with some rough dressings; continuous slate roof, hipped to S end, brick stacks. 2-window fronts (wider at S end), cemented reveals under voussoir lintels (painted to No 1), modern small-pane sash windows. Central 6-panel doors (offset to No 5). Low walled forecourts with plain cappings link to splayed outer wall of former chapel/warehouse forward on left; pale quoins and round-arched window openings.
To W of Chapel Row is a reconstructed section of canal with ironwork frame of the (relocated) Rhydycar Iron Bridge.
Interior
Reason for designation
No 4 Chapel Row is celebrated as birthplace in 1841 of the famous composer Joseph Parry.
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