History

A piecemeal development begun in the second quarter of the C19, probably mainly corresponding with the enlargement of the Treforest Tinplate Works in 1835. Nos 161-72 are shown on the 1846 Tithe map, while Nos 172-6 were probably added soon after. Most of the houses are double-fronted with 2 ground floor rooms and winding stone stairs, a type characteristic of early C19 S Wales. At the S end, No 161 is larger and may have been a foreman's house, while Nos 162-4 were probably originally pairs of back-to-back single-unit dwellings, a type not well documented in S Wales.

Exterior

An amalgamation of No 172, originally single-fronted, and No 173, originally double fronted and clearly of a later date as there is a slight heightening of the roof line. Both of the original doorways have been blocked and converted to windows, while the L-hand window of the original No 173 has been converted to a doorway inside an added porch with hipped roof. The lower storey openings retain stone segmental heads, while the upper L has a lintel below the eaves and windows upper centre and R are also below segmental heads. The roof is replaced with synthetic slates and a former stack between the 2 houses is rebuilt in brick.

Reasons for Listing

Nos 161-176 are listed, notwithstanding modern alteration, for their social-historical interest as the most instructive surviving example of early-mid C19 workmen's houses in Pontypridd.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29501882

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Recommended Books

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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014