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Sunny Bank

Town, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Thomastown, Town, Merthyr Tydfil, designated on 13 January 1988.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Sunny Bank, Town, Merthyr Tydfil, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
Domestic
Date of designation
13 January 1988
Locality
Thomastown
Community
Town
Unitary authority
Merthyr Tydfil
Country
Wales
Coordinates
51.74661, -3.37440
Cadw reference
11428

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1898 · 231 Merthyr Tydfil (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

High above road behind walled garden.

Shown on 1850 Tithe Map of Merthyr Tydfil.

2-storey, 4-bay Regency stucco pair, hipped, tiled and slated roof.

Central pediment and rendered chimney over wide eaves with arched brackets; sill band. Sash windows with glazing bars to ground-floor right only, modern small-pane windows to left. Set-back transverse-gabled entrance bays with Tuscan doorcases (modern porch to left).

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0
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