Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Former Pay Office Noddfa Buildings
Rhymney, Caerphilly, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 15 May 2001
- Locality
- Rhymney
- Town
- Rhymney
- Community
- Rhymney
- Unitary authority
- Caerphilly
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.75730, -3.28688
- Cadw reference
- 25182
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
Near the Rhymney River and Railway and the entrance to the site of the former Rhymney Ironworks
History
Built as the Pay Office for the Rhymney Iron Company, close to the former site entrance and part of a complex of buildings servicing the Ironworks, including the nearby Company Shop. The Works flourished on this site in the 2nd and 3rd quarters of the C19 and closed in 1891.
Exterior
Small single storey building mostly of yellow brick, to rear, colour-washed to front, with Welsh slate roof, centre ridge yellow brick stack and very deep boarded eaves. 4-window range to front of large 12-pane sashes with opening casement panes, cambered heads, no windows to rear; end doorway.
Interior
Consists of 2 rooms.
Reason for designation
Included for its very special interest as an office building relating to the important Rhymney Ironworks and which retains its character.
Nearby in the register
- Ysgol LawntDomesticunder 1 mi
- Nos 1 and 2 The LawnDomesticunder 1 mi
- The VicarageDomesticunder 1 mi
- War MemorialCommemorativeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.