Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Nos. 1 & 2 Plas Cottages
Graig, Newport, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 18 January 1984
- Locality
- Lower Machen
- Town
- Newport
- Community
- Graig
- Unitary authority
- Newport
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.58287, -3.10648
- Cadw reference
- 3070
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
Just N of the farmyard at Plas Machen.
History
Row of C19 estate cottages originally three, now 2, built for the Tredegar estate, owners of Plas Machen.
Exterior
Row of C19 estate cottages originally three, now two, whitewashed rendered walls with stone-tiled roofs and 4 yellow brick chimneys with slate cornices. One and a half storeys, each cottage double fronted with centre door and small-paned casement pair window each side, similar window above but breaking eaves under gables. Stone sills and timber lintels. The left pair of cottages each have chimneys to left, the right cottage is slightly higher, due to slope, and has chimney each end, the left one thicker. Outshut rears except to end of leftmost cottage. Two tiny rear windows under eaves to each cottage.
The left cottage has a half-glazed door to No 2, the centre cottage has a blocked door and has been united with the ones each side, the right cottage has added C20 enclosed gabled porch to No 1 with imitation stone tiles and C20 addition to right end.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Included as a well-preserved row of C19 estate cottages.
Nearby in the register
- Cartshed at Plas MachenNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Plas MachenDomesticunder 1 mi
- PattayaDomesticunder 1 mi
- Iron Bridge over River Rhymney (partly in Rudry community)Transportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.