History

Blaengwawr Farmhouse was extended eastwards in mid C19 to provide a separate grander house with landscaped grounds for the owner of the nearby works, shown on first edition OS map as colliery, iron foundry and brick kilns. Reportedly built by David Davies in 1851 who also built a similar house at nearby Maes y Ffynnon, one to be inhabited by himself and one by his son. The Blaengwawr colliery consisted of 3 main levels, 2 of which were disused by the time of the OS map of 1920: it was never a large development. Railway, the Cwmaman branch of the GWR, was constructed nearby in 1880s. Gardens contained green-houses and potting sheds, one range of which survives.

Exterior

Victorian house in classicizing style. Attached at rear to farmhouse, this wing is a separate E-facing
residence. Rendered and painted, the main structure in white and the dressings in black, with shallow-pitched machine-tile roof with overhanging bracketed eaves and brick stacks. Channelled quoins; moulded architraves with keystone and shallow bracketed sills to the set-back cross-framed windows. 2 storeys. Frontage of 3 bays, the centre projecting with bracketed hood to panelled part-glazed entrance door retaining brass fittings, 3 stone steps; windows in return and above. At left a single window to each floor, ground floor glazed verandah with decorative metal posts. At right a narrower bay, again with a single window to each floor; ground floor has a projecting channelled bay with pitched roof with bracketed eaves. Plinth. Longer rear pitch to roof and lower cross range, formerly part of and still adjoining the farmhouse.

Interior

Interior is entered through a glazed lobby with original staircase rising from hall behind: slender turned
balusters, wreathed handrail, decorative treads. Through basket-arch to rear and with lower ceiling level
is the wing which was formerly part of the farmhouse, extended to S. Throughout fine panelled shutters and reveals are retained; 4 panelled doors and their moulded surrounds, moulded hall cornice. Part wooden, part flag floor. No original fireplaces remain.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as the rebuilt and improved wing of a mid C19 farmstead, reflecting the industrial development nearby. Group value with Blaengwawr Farmhouse.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29504004

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Recommended Books

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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Oxfordshire (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
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)