History

Probably mid-C19. Oroville House was probably a Public House known as the Bowling Green.

Exterior

Oroville House, Rosewood Cottage and Salop House form a group.

A terrace of 3 Picturesque cottages, the central one slightly set back. Each cottage is symmetrical, 2-storey, 3-window, with an advanced central bay. The cottages are roughcast under slate roofs with central brick ridge stacks; the upper storey on projecting brackets to suggest timber framing. The windows are mainly late C20 plain-glazed wooden casements.

Oroville House has an advanced full-height gabled bay to centre with scalloped barge boards, the entrance containing a late C20 half-glazed door. The stack is roughcast. No openings to S gable end. Rear has catslide, the S end with a single top-hung light to each storey. A modernised house adjoins to the L.

Interior

Interior not seen.

Reasons for Listing

Listed, notwithstanding alterations to openings, as an unusual group of mid-C19 Picturesque cottages retaining their character.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29481398

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings