Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
22738
Building Number
8
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
06/12/1999
Date of Amendment
06/12/1999
Name of Property
,8,Hillsborough Terrace,Corris Uchaf,Machynlleth,,SY20 9RG
Address
8 Hillsborough Terrace
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Corris
Town
Machynlleth
Locality
Corris Uchaf
Easting
274040
Northing
308897
Street Side
Location
The row of 10 cottages lies at the foot of the hill, set back on a bank from the main road, at the N end of the village.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Hillsborough Terrace is a terrace of speculatively built cottages, promoted by three companies, the Great Welsh Union Slate Co, 1857, the Union Slate Company, 1859, and the British Slate Company, 1860, and probably aimed at workers at Ty'n-y-berth Quarry.
Exterior
Has a late C19 4-pane sash window on the ground floor.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as an excellent example of good quality industrial workers cottages for workers in the slate industry, built at the high point of the success of the industry in the later C19. One of the best such terraces extant in this area.
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