Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Old Star Cottage
St. Bride's Major, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 3 March 1999
- Locality
- Ogmore
- Community
- St. Bride's Major
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.48015, -3.61236
- Cadw reference
- 21777
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
Located off the NW side of the B4524 road in Ogmore. At the end of a short lane which leads from the road down to the River Ewenny. Opposite Ogmore Castle.
History
Mid-C18 direct-entry house with end stacks. C19 alterations, including window detail. There is said to have been a hatch into the loft before the construction of the stairs.
Exterior
Three-window cottage of one-and-a-half storeys. Rubble stone under a thatched roof. Massive stepped external stack to E with curved profile of bakeoven to its rear. End stack to W. Lean-tos against W gable end and rear, both with stone tiled roofs.
Symmetrical front facing N. Central boarded front door under square head, flanked by 3-light multi-pane windows with flat heads and stone sills. To the L is a very small light with stone surround. Three windows to 1st floor rising to the eaves, all 2-light multi-pane casements. The front of the W lean-to has a similar window, but is within the blocking of a former doorway under a hoodmould. The W end of the lean-to also has a similar window under a hoodmould with a tile sill. Boarded door into its rear and a tall brick stack. The W end of the rear lean-to has a masonry stack, and a half-lit boarded door to its L. Its rear has a single light flanked by 3-light windows, similar to elsewhere. To the E of the lean-to is a window to the upper storey of the house, probably lighting the stair.
Interior
Two-unit direct-entry plan with kitchen in rear lean-to. The interior has been modernised. The front door opens into a small lobby with a C20 half lit door, which leads into the living room. C20 fireplace to E, and straight staircase to rear in small SE projection. The 2 rooms are separated by a partition wall with doorway to L. The W room also has a C20 fireplace.
Reason for designation
Listed as a picturesque cottage with well preserved external detail, the retention of the thatched roof being of particular interest.
Group value with Ogmore Castle, and contributing considerably to its setting.
Nearby in the register
- Ogmore FarmDomesticunder 1 mi
- Ogmore CastleCastleunder 1 mi
- Stables at Ogmore FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Ogmore Stepping StonesStepping Stonesunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.