Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Old Fire Station
Gelligaer, Caerphilly, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Civil
- Date of designation
- 27 March 1985
- Locality
- Ystrad Mynach
- Community
- Gelligaer
- Unitary authority
- Caerphilly
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.63490, -3.23548
- Cadw reference
- 13569
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Originally situated off Park Road but now resited in grounds of Caerphilly County Borough Council offices at Ystrad Fawr, to W of main house.
History
This small municipal fire station formerly housed a horse cart or small manual pump. Originally on Park Road with a boundary wall attached, it was moved to present position following a decision to re-site in 1988.
Exterior
Small fire station. Of red brick with terracotta dressings; slate roof with tiled cresting. Main elevation has triangular pediment gable with 3 ball finials on corniced pedestals, central pilaster overlaid by two string courses, raised date and title inscription "1910 Fire Station", moulded eaves cornice. Below is the wide segmental arched opening under moulded key block with hoodmould, renewed double doors; long and short quoins, moulded plinth. Side elevation right has two paired casement windows, renewed, with moulded pediments over; blank left side and rear.
Reason for designation
Included notwithstanding its resiting as an unusual surviving example of a small early municipal fire station.
Nearby in the register
- War MemorialCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Church of Holy TrinityReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Ystrad Mynach South Signal BoxTransportunder 1 mi
- Mill ForgeCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.