Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
27085
Building Number
1
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
12/11/2002
Date of Amendment
12/11/2002
Name of Property
Lower Row
Address
1 Lower Row
Location
Unitary Authority
Merthyr Tydfil
Community
Dowlais
Town
Merthyr Tydfil
Locality
Dowlais
Easting
306926
Northing
208292
Street Side
N
Location
Situated on the E end of Lower Row at its junction with the road leading to Upper Row.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Mid C19 corner house of industrial workers terraced housing. Originally many terraces in the Dowlais and Penydarren areas ended in a curved corner house, this is the least altered survivor.
Exterior
Corner house, unpainted roughcast with slate curved close-eaved roof. Two-storeys with one-window range and door to Lower Row, one-window range on corner. The upper windows are boarded over, the lower ones have C20 12-pane glazing. Windows and C20 half-glazed door have plain raised surrounds. Thick stone sills to ground floor windows, thinner above.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as the best surviving example of the curved corner-houses of the industrial workers' terraces in Dowlais.
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