13A New Castle Street

Town, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Town, Merthyr Tydfil, designated on 22 August 1975.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of 13A New Castle Street, 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: 22 August 1975
Community: Town
Unitary authority: Merthyr Tydfil
Country: Wales
Coordinates: 51.74802, -3.37667
Cadw reference: 11459

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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

Location

Stepped into top of slope at corner with Upper Thomas Street; design matches No 15 opposite.

Exterior

Mid C19 two-storey corner house with higher eaves than adjoining terraced houses on left.
3-bay pebbledash front with pilasters and bargeboarded cross-gable to centre; band course and plinth. Sash windows without glazing bars to first-floor; ground-floor left has 3-light sash with glazing bars and horns. Recessed doorway with rectangular traceried fanlight and panelled door.

Gabled side elevation to right has a flat-arched doorway with pilasters and cornice on consoles, 4-panel door with plain rectangular fanlight. Sash windows to right and arched staircase window; lower rear range has sashes with glazing bars, one triplet to ground-floor.

Reason for designation

Group value with other listed items in New Castle Street.

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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