21050

34  

II  

Designated  

15/11/1993  

23/12/1998  

,34 Garden Suburbs, Circus,Pont-y-Waun Garden Suburb,,  

34 Garden Suburbs, Circus  

Caerphilly  

Crosskeys  

 

Pont-y-Waun Garden Suburb  

322181  

192935  

SE  

Set into the slope on the upper S side of the Circus, one of the principal blocks of the Garden Suburbs. The distinctive undulating stone wall to the front gardens has gabled copings.  

Domestic  

 

Part of the Garden City Movement, Garden Suburbs Pont-y-Waun was begun c1918, built by Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron and Coal Co. for the officials of the Abercarn, Cwm Carn and Prince of Wales Collieries and was completed in 3 or 4 phases. The linear plan is composed of a single road with circus near the mid-point and the houses on the E side are set above the road while those to the W are below it. The architect is unknown although Edward Rosser has been suggested and links have also been made with Ebbw Vale and The Dingle garden villages; the variety of design probably indicates the work of several architects. First housing development in the Borough with an electricity supply and adequate drainage system.  

"Nos 30-36 (even - consec) Garden Suburbs, Circus Arts and Crafts, butterfly-plan block comprising four houses. This differs from the preceeding Nos 22 to 28 in that it steps down the slope with the result that No 30 is single-storey and attic while the taller No 36 is 2-storey and attic; Nos 32 and 34, with the advanced gables, have 2-window fronts. Distinctively gabled, roughcast elevations with tiled roofs, overhanging eaves and tall chimney stacks including three to the main front pitch; No 30 has a hipped roof, tile-hung, dormer. The design shows possible influence of the architecture of C F A Voysey and Philip Webb. Original windows have leaded casement glazing but many have been replaced with modern imitations within the original openings. The symmetrical design of the main front is focused on the twinned gables to the centre which have stepped brick-tile kneelers and 4-light windows (cambered arched to No 34) over splayed bays. Further 4-light windows, including to the gable end of No 30 and to first floor of No 36 under a hipped hood; also a similar 5-light window to the gable end of No 36. The entrances to Nos 30 and 36 are on the gable ends and are square-headed with bracketed hoods; Nos 32 and 36 have round-arched entrances with recessed doors. Asymmetrical gable ends to N and W (Nos 30 and 36) with similar brick-tile kneelers and stone chimney stacks to rear pitch; the gable to No 36 is boarded above the attic window. Flat-roofed dormers at 2 levels to rear, part cat-slide roof, with tiled gabled outshuts."  

 

Listed for the special interest of its Arts and Crafts design at the heart of this well-preserved garden village. Group value especially with the other blocks of the Circus.