Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
23238
Building Number
4
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
17/07/1987
Date of Amendment
28/04/2000
Name of Property
,4,Alfred's Terrace,Taffs Well,Pontypridd,,
Address
4 Alfred's Terrace
Location
Unitary Authority
Rhondda Cynon Taff
Community
Taffs Well
Town
Pontypridd
Locality
Taffs Well
Easting
312403
Northing
183181
Street Side
S
Location
Located in the village between Cardiff Road (A4054) and the Taff Vale Railway.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
A terrace of mid C19 cottages shown as Garth Terrace on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey of 1874, but not shown on the Eglwysilan tithe map of 1841. They may have been built for workers at the Garth Foundry which was on the opposite side of the Taff Vale Railway. Known as Alfred's Terrace by the time of the Ordnance Survey of 1900. A 3-window house was built on to the E end of the terrace c1900. No 1 at the W end of the terrace was altered in the mid C20.
Exterior
To the rear, hornless sash to R and horned sash to L.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as an unusually well preserved example of a terrace of workers cottages. Such examples are becoming increasingly rare in South Wales.
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