Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
25738
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
28/08/2001
Date of Amendment
28/08/2001
Name of Property
Terraced steps at The Gables
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Caerphilly
Community
Abercarn
Town
Locality
Abercarn
Easting
321592
Northing
194771
Street Side
Location
Set in the sloping garden below the garden frontage of the house.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
Probably contemporary with the house which was probably built around the time of the First World War. The paved area adjacent to the terraced steps was formerly a glasshouse with boiler house beneath.
Exterior
This feature consists of an asymmetrical stone staircase rising from a grassy terrace, formerly used for tennis, to the paved terrace fronting the house. Built of stone rubble, some rockfaced, with roughly dressed stone coping. The base, with swept sides, shallow coping stones and roughly dressed quoins, incorporates a segmental arched alcove with rough voussoirs which formerly held a seat. Two rounded approach steps to right, then the flight of steps returns behind the recess, then turns again to ascend the slope in 3 uneven sections, flanked by low walls with end piers.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as an interesting garden feature for group value with the house.
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