Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
No 53 Garden Suburbs, Circus
Crosskeys, Caerphilly, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 15 November 1993
- Locality
- Pont-y-Waun Garden Suburb
- Community
- Crosskeys
- Unitary authority
- Caerphilly
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.62993, -3.12618
- Cadw reference
- 21047
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
Set below the road on the lower S side of the Circus, one of the principal blocks in the Garden Suburbs.
History
Part of the Garden City Movement, Garden Suburbs Pont-y-Waun was begun c1918, built by Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron and Coal Co. for the officials of the Abercarn, Cwm Carn and Prince of Wales Collieries and was completed in 3 or 4 phases. The linear plan is composed of a single road with circus near the mid-point and the houses on the E side are set above the road while those to the W are below it. The architect is unknown although Edward Rosser has been suggested and links have also been made with Ebbw Vale and The Dingle garden villages; the variety of design probably indicates the work of several architects. First housing development in the Borough with an electricity supply and adequate drainage system.
Exterior
No leaded glazing retained.
Reason for designation
Listed for the special interest of its Arts and Crafts design at the heart of this well-preserved garden village. Group value especially with the other blocks of the Circus.
Nearby in the register
- 51 Garden Suburbs, CircusDomesticunder 1 mi
- 55 Garden Suburbs, CircusDomesticunder 1 mi
- 49 Garden Suburbs, CircusDomesticunder 1 mi
- 36 Garden Suburbs, CircusDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.