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Heather Cottage

A Grade II Listed Building in Pontllanfraith, Caerphilly

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6453 / 51°38'43"N

Longitude: -3.1914 / 3°11'28"W

OS Eastings: 317662

OS Northings: 194733

OS Grid: ST176947

Mapcode National: GBR HX.7HZK

Mapcode Global: VH6DF.MXQ1

Plus Code: 9C3RJRW5+4F

Entry Name: Heather Cottage

Listing Date: 31 March 1999

Last Amended: 31 March 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 21625

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300021625

Location: In the centre of the small hamlet of Gelli-groes, on a side road leading off the main Newport Road and almost opposite Siloh chapel.

County: Caerphilly

Community: Pontllanfraith (Pontllan-fraith)

Community: Pontllanfraith

Locality: Gelli-groes

Built-Up Area: Pontllan-fraith

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

Tagged with: Cottage

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History

Probably early C19, formerly owned by the Llanarth Estate and reported as in same family occupancy for 170 years. Part of the early C19 development of the small hamlet of Gelli-groes - the Mill and a bridge crossing the Sirhowy River were already in existence.

Exterior

A simple late Georgian cottage. Of rendered stone with Welsh slate roof and yellow brick end stacks. Symmetrical frontage with 2-window range either side of a central door; 9-pane sashes to first floor and 12-pane to ground floor, each with cambered heads, narrow glazing bars and stone sills with some original glass retained. Rear outshut.

Interior

Central entrance plan with central staircase rising from hall.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a rare surviving example of a mostly unaltered early C19 cottage; group value with Siloh Presbyterian Church and the pair of tombchests opposite.

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Other nearby listed buildings

  • II Pair of chest tombs at Siloh Presbyterian Church
    Close to the front wall of the chapel in the small graveyard fronting the road.
  • II Siloh Presbyterian Church
    In the small hamlet of Gelli-groes, on a side street N of the main Newport Road, set back from the road within a small walled graveyard with houses close on each side.
  • II Gelli-groes Millhouse and attached Barn
    Reached by a side road running SE. from Newport Road (A4048); the Millhouse faces the minor road bridge over the Sirhowy River.
  • II* Gelli-groes Mill
    Reached by a side road running SE from Newport Road (A4048); the Mill faces the Sirhowy River and the bridge and is within a grassy enclosure which retains sluices, channelled millrace and tail race,
  • II Bridge over Sirhowy River at Gelligroes
    Bridge forms part of the S boundary between Pontllanfraith and Ynysddu; adjacent to the mill complex and small hamlet of Gelli-groes; reached by a side road running SE from Newport Road (A4048).
  • II Shangri-la
    Towards W of the community, on a corner site with Hill Road, set in a sloping garden.
  • II Stable range at Tyle-gwyn
    To the rear of Tyle-gwyn, built into the hillside.
  • II Tyle-gwyn
    Very near the SW boundary of the community, S of Gelli-groes and above the hamlet of Wyllie; on the hillside reached by a long track.

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