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Nos. 1-4 Y Groes (consecutive)

A Grade II Listed Building in Rhiwbina, Cardiff

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5227 / 51°31'21"N

Longitude: -3.2141 / 3°12'50"W

OS Eastings: 315862

OS Northings: 181115

OS Grid: ST158811

Mapcode National: GBR K84.94

Mapcode Global: VH6F0.7ZPL

Plus Code: 9C3RGQFP+39

Entry Name: Nos. 1-4 Y Groes (consecutive)

Listing Date: 30 November 2001

Last Amended: 30 November 2001

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 25884

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300025884

Location: The long range at the top (N) inner (W) side of the Green.

County: Cardiff

Town: Cardiff

Community: Rhiwbina (Rhiwbeina)

Community: Rhiwbina

Locality: Rhiwbina Garden Village (centre)

Built-Up Area: Cardiff

Traditional County: Glamorgan

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History

Garden City movement began at turn of C19/C20; Garden City Association was formed and a seminal conference held at Bourneville Birmingham in 1901. Pioneer developments were at Hampstead Garden Suburb and Letchworth. Aim was to provide workers with modest but good quality housing on the cottage principle in healthy green surroundings incorporating open spaces, adequate private gardens, with hedges and trees lining the roads. Garden Village houses were also amongst the first small houses to have inside lavatories, bathrooms, and to incorporate dpcs. In 1911 the Cardiff Workers' Cooperative Garden Village Society was formed which bought for development an area of Pentwyn Estate by Rhiwbina Halt. Raymond Unwin, a leading light in the movement, was invited to provide plans. Contemporary posters c 1913 issued by the Society and also the Garden Village Management Committee promoted it as 'Rhubina Fields', a suburb with convenient transport 'Rail from Rhymney Station, Motor Bus from North Road' and 'From Work to Home by Train or Bus. Gardening - Tennis - Country Walks.' Originally over 1000 houses were envisaged. First area to be developed in 1912-13 was the 'Village Green' Y Groes Nos. 1-22, together with Nos. 2-20 Lon Isa, an E/W road to the N, and Nos. 2-22 Lon-y-dail, a tree-lined N/S avenue to W; architect A H Mottram of Parker and Unwin and builder J O West. Next area to be developed in 1914 though only transferred to Garden Village in 1917 was Pen-y-dre, to S alongside a stream and incorporating footbridges; architect H Avray Tipping or assistant Eric Francis. T Alwyn Lloyd became architect in 1915 and continued the development to W, including a house for himself No. 11 Heol Wen which dominates Pen-y-dre. In 1920, 93 further houses were built and in 1922 another 26. School added in 1928. Garages began to be added 1930s, though by now plans were suffering a downturn. The Society employed its own staff of workmen to maintain the buildings. Houses were originally painted in cream with Buckingham Green windows. Rhiwbina Garden Village Ltd was wound up in 1981, a Conservation Area including almost all the development having been created in 1976.

Exterior

Long terrace of 4 houses. Roughcast rendered with roof of small slates and wide stacks set just forward of the ridge. Symmetrical plan comprising twin projecting cross gables to each pair of houses, which are separated by a central round arched gated passage with stone voussoirs. Original windows are small-pane casements with shallow sills, 3-light to first floor of the gabled wings and canted bays to ground floor. Roof sweeps down low with overhanging slightly swept eaves to the central and side sections with smaller first floor windows to centre close under eaves and the entrance doorways in the angles with the gabled wings. Nos.1 and 4 have small porches, hoods to nos. 2 and 3 and boarded part-glazed doors. Side elevations have slate-hung gables and a 2-window range.

No. 3 has part replaced windows.
No. 4 has part replaced windows.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as an integral part of the core of Rhiwbina Garden Village.

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