Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Little Porton Cottage
Goldcliff, Newport, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Whitson, Newport, Goldcliff, designated on 9 May 1983.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 9 May 1983
- Locality
- Whitson
- Town
- Newport
- Community
- Goldcliff
- Unitary authority
- Newport
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.54548, -2.89237
- Cadw reference
- 3065
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1905 · 250 Chepstow (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Approximately 200m SE of church, to rear of Little Porton farmhouse.
History
Probably C18.
Exterior
Single storey plus loft, brick (pebbledashed) but rear partially clay; thatched roof under tin sheeting; end brick chimneys. Half-glazed panelled door; one casement window to L, 2 to right. Attic window to each end; to rear, small window to W end.
Interior
Left end bay open to rafters (probably indicating former croglofft construction); attic bedrooms reached by separate ladder-stairs.
Reason for designation
Group value with adjacent byre. Listed as rare survival.
Nearby in the register
- Little Porton ByreAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Whitson ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Samson CourtDomesticunder 1 mi
- Whitson FarmDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.