Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cottage attached to Bryn Elim
Mawr, Swansea, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 23 May 2003
- Locality
- Craig Cefn Parc
- Town
- Swansea
- Community
- Mawr
- Unitary authority
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.71165, -3.91833
- Cadw reference
- 81060
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
Situated on bank on opposite side of road a little NW of Elim Chapel.
History
Small house possibly late C18, formerly thatched with 2-room ground floor and probably originally 2 rooms to loft, now one. In late C20 unheated N end room has been altered to a bathroom for Bryn Elim adjoining. The plaster partition removed then had woven blackberry laths. Marked on O.S. as No 51 but now part of No 52.
Exterior
House, whitewashed rubble stone with corrugated iron roof and very small brick stack to left end. Attached at right end to Bryn Elim, No 52, and at left end to No 49. Two storeys, 2 tiny square windows each floor with single slab lintels and 4-pane casements, centre door. Rubble stone rear wall. Owned from early C20 by family of present owners, grandfather a miner in Craig-cefn-parc colliery.
Interior
Ground floor with fireplace at S end, 4 rough halved joists. Fireplace with late C19 grate marked Jones, Clydach, bread oven in wall to left of fireplace with iron lintel, recess to right of fireplace at ground level with iron lintel (possibly for drying boots). Front wall has small recess to right of right window. Window reveals are longer than windows with narrow sill at bottom of reveal. To right of fireplace is door to very narrow stone winding stair of some 8 steps to loft. Loft has thin collar-trusses to roof of pegged halved rough timbers.
Reason for designation
Included as a very rare small vernacular house retaining special regional character.
Nearby in the register
- Clydach Upper ForgeIron forge1 mi
- Allt-y-fanogDomestic1 mi
- Milestone on NE side of Vardre RoadTransport1 mi
- Church of Saint MaryReligious, Ritual and Funerary1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.