History

Built c1924. By Herbert Luck North (1871 - 1941), outstanding Arts and Crafts architect of his age in Wales.

The Close was laid out and developed between 1899 and 1945. The almost unaltered buildings (in materials making reference to local vernacular building styles), and the lay out of The Close, form a textbook example of a group of high quality Arts and Crafts style domestic architecture unique in Wales.

Exterior

Two storey house. Rough cast render (now painted white). Roof laid in graded courses of small grey and russet slates from Gallt y Llan quarry, Snowdon. Two tall chimney stacks in brown brick on ridge.

Front elevation wall runs up into single gabled dormer with small pane metal casement window under drip mould. Roof overhangs front wall on corbels but is flush at gable ends of house. Roof sweeps down on R over porch, porch roof hipped and supported to L on wooden post. Square headed entrance doorway with original boarded door. To R of porch, polygonal bay (5 sides of octagon) clasps angle of building and is covered by roof of small slates. Windows in bay small pane metal casements. To L of porch, three small pane metal casement windows to L of porch.

Reasons for Listing

Group value with other buildings in The Close and its vicinity.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29483382

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)