Full Report for Listed Buildings


Summary Description of a Listed Buildings


Reference Number
14563
Building Number
6  
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
25/07/1994  
Date of Amendment
25/07/1994  
Name of Property
6 Cwmdonkin Drive  
Address
6 Cwmdonkin Drive  

Location


Unitary Authority
Swansea  
Community
Uplands  
Town
 
Locality
 
Easting
264074  
Northing
193189  
Street Side
E  
Location
On S corner of Hillside Crescent.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
Pair of semi-detached houses circa 1914. No 5 was birthplace (October 27 1914) and home until early manhood of poet Dylan Thomas (1914-1954). The house and Cwmdonkin area were important formative influences upon Thomas and feature in many of his works for example the house is the setting of ‘A Child’s Christmas in Wales’.  

Exterior
Pair of semi-detached houses; two storeys, pebbledash elevations, but first floor front tile-hung, hipped slate roof central red brick chimney. Each house has bracketed tile-hung gable over two storey splayed bay window No 5 has segmentally-headed horned sash windows with small panes in upper sashes and larger panes in lower sashes. Windows of number 6 have inappropriate replacement glazing. Entrances to sides (later flat-roofed porch to No 5; later lean-to porch to No 6). 2 windows to first floor. To rear, long wings with first floor splayed oriel windows to gabled ends.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
No 5 listed for its long and very close association with life and works of Dylan Thomas, a writer of international importance; No 6 included for group value.  

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