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6 Gelli Houses, Gelli

A Grade II Listed Building in Glyncorrwg, Neath Port Talbot

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6533 / 51°39'11"N

Longitude: -3.6318 / 3°37'54"W

OS Eastings: 287212

OS Northings: 196206

OS Grid: SS872962

Mapcode National: GBR HB.716V

Mapcode Global: VH5GR.0PDY

Plus Code: 9C3RM939+87

Entry Name: 6 Gelli Houses, Gelli

Listing Date: 31 July 2000

Last Amended: 31 July 2000

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 23859

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300023859

Location: Approximately 1.1km E of Cymmer and set back from the A4107.

County: Neath Port Talbot

Community: Glyncorrwg

Community: Glyncorrwg

Locality: Gelli

Traditional County: Glamorgan

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History

Erected in 1883 for colliers at nearby pits owned by the Glyncorrwg Coal Mining Company. The single-storey construction is unusual and the Gelli Houses represent one of the latest examples of the type. Of four-room construction with a lean-to pantry at the back, only two of the rooms were originally heated. The houses originally shared a communal bakehouse but this had been demolished by 1904.

Exterior

1-12 Gelli Houses

Two rows of 6 double-fronted houses are placed end-to-end but not quite parallel. The rubble-stone walls are now rendered, the roofs have been renewed and most of the brick stacks survive, some rendered. The windows and doors are replaced, mostly in original openings.

Rendered wall with doorways attached on N side and linking with 7 Gelli Houses.

Interior

Not inspected.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a rare surviving row of single-storey colliers' cottages, representing a distinctive plan form used in the early mining cottages on the western side of the South Wales coalfield.

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