Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
3070
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
18/01/1984
Date of Amendment
22/08/2003
Name of Property
Nos. 1 & 2 Plas Cottages
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Newport
Community
Graig
Town
Newport
Locality
Lower Machen
Easting
323437
Northing
187693
Street Side
Location
Just N of the farmyard at Plas Machen.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Row of C19 estate cottages originally three, now 2, built for the Tredegar estate, owners of Plas Machen.
Exterior
Row of C19 estate cottages originally three, now two, whitewashed rendered walls with stone-tiled roofs and 4 yellow brick chimneys with slate cornices. One and a half storeys, each cottage double fronted with centre door and small-paned casement pair window each side, similar window above but breaking eaves under gables. Stone sills and timber lintels. The left pair of cottages each have chimneys to left, the right cottage is slightly higher, due to slope, and has chimney each end, the left one thicker. Outshut rears except to end of leftmost cottage. Two tiny rear windows under eaves to each cottage.
The left cottage has a half-glazed door to No 2, the centre cottage has a blocked door and has been united with the ones each side, the right cottage has added C20 enclosed gabled porch to No 1 with imitation stone tiles and C20 addition to right end.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Included as a well-preserved row of C19 estate cottages.
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