The Cottage

Merthyr Mawr, Bridgend, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Merthyr Mawr, Bridgend, designated on 26 July 1963.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of The Cottage, Merthyr Mawr, Bridgend, 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: 26 July 1963
Locality: Merthyr Mawr
Community: Merthyr Mawr
Unitary authority: Bridgend
Country: Wales
Coordinates: 51.48563, -3.60821
Cadw reference: 21238

TodayHistorical map

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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)
1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1897 · 262 Pontypridd (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1897 · 262 Pontypridd (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

Location

Approximately 100m E of parish church and set back from the main road through the village. The house is at the uphill end of a group with Oak Cottage.

Interior

Modernised internally.

Reason for designation

Oak Cottage and The Cottage form a pair of C19 estate cottages with interesting earlier origins, and for group value with other estate buildings in Merthyr Mawr.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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