Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Garden walls and gatepiers at Upper Abercanaid House
Troed-y-Rhiw, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Upper Abercanaid, Troed-y-Rhiw, Merthyr Tydfil, designated on 22 August 1975.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 22 August 1975
- Locality
- Upper Abercanaid
- Community
- Troed-y-Rhiw
- Unitary authority
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.72939, -3.37434
- Cadw reference
- 11495
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)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (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
Located on the S and E side of Upper Abercanaid House.
History
Mid C19 pair of gate piers and rough rubble wall along S front and E side of garden to Upper Abercanaid House, an industrialist's villa.
Exterior
Pair of gatepiers of dressed stone with sandstone caps at apex of two rough rubble stone garden walls.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with Upper Abercanaid House.
Nearby in the register
- Upper Abercanaid HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- 5 Quay RowDomesticunder 1 mi
- 4 Quay RowDomesticunder 1 mi
- 3 Quay RowDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.