Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Newton House
Town, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Town, Merthyr Tydfil, designated on 13 January 1988.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 13 January 1988
- Community
- Town
- Unitary authority
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.74716, -3.37621
- Cadw reference
- 11473
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
Cadw's description
Location
Pair of terraced houses stepped in slope towards Church Street.
History
Mid C19
Exterior
2-storey, 2-window stucco fronts with neo-classical detailing. Pantile roof to left, slates with ridge cresting to right; rendered and brick stacks. Thick band-courses over ground-floor, doorcases offset to right. Sash windows with glazing bars under slightly cambered heads to No 32, triplet to ground-floor. Plain margins to windows of No 33 without glazing bars. Arched doors in raised surrounds, moulded architraves and keyblocks; 4-panel doors.
Reason for designation
A well-preserved pair in a largely altered terrace.
Nearby in the register
- Newton HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Former Miner's Welfare HallHealth and Welfareunder 1 mi
- Statue & Plinth to Sir W.T. LewisCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Former Unitarian ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.