Cwmbrynar aka Cwmbraenar Cottage, Pontllanfraith, Caerphilly

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6569 / 51°39'24"N

Longitude: -3.1753 / 3°10'31"W

OS Eastings: 318795

OS Northings: 195999

OS Grid: ST187959

Mapcode National: GBR HY.6VBM

Mapcode Global: VH6DF.XM65

Plus Code: 9C3RMR4F+QV

Entry Name: Cwmbrynar aka Cwmbraenar Cottage

Listing Date: 24 August 1990

Last Amended: 31 March 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 1906

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300001906

Location: Approximately 0.75km E of Pontllanfraith and the Sirhowy River. Set back from the main road behind rubble walled and gated forecourt.

County: Caerphilly

Community: Pontllanfraith (Pontllan-fraith)

Community: Pontllanfraith

Locality: Cwn Braenar

Built-Up Area: Pontllan-fraith

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

Tagged with: Cottage

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History

Early to mid C19. The area was formerly known as Cwm Braenar after Nant Braenar. First edition OS map shows a small colliery at nearby Cwm Braenar and a short distance NE at Glan-braenar was the junction between the Great Western Region Aberdare extension and the former Hall's tramway. This house thus probably relates to the period of early relatively small-scale mining in the area before the big expansion in the early years of C20. Refurbishing since listing has removed later accretions including a rear chimney.

Exterior

Two-storey cottage with late Georgian detail. Rubble masonry with Welsh slate roof and end chimney stacks with brick neck band. Broad 2-window front; all openings have cambered-headed voussoirs. Flanking the entrance are recessed small-pane horned sash windows with sills, 9-pane to 1st floor and 12-pane below; 4-panelled door - this was originally set a little further back and is now part glazed. To rear a cat-slide roof, central doorway and cambered headed windows to right and left with upper one immediately below the eaves No windows to gable ends.

Interior

Internally the plan form is unaltered with central cross passage, end chimneys and winding stone stairs beside the stepped chimney breast to the right; beamed ceilings. Upstairs the two rooms lead directly one from the other in the traditional manner.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a rare example of an early - mid C19 'Valleys' cottage which has retained much of its character.

External Links

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Monument to Elizabeth Jones at New Bethel
Close to the W end of the chapel.
II Nicholas monument at New Bethel
Near the N wall of the graveyard.
II New Bethel Chapel
On the long hill road leading to Mynyddislwyn church, on the rural hillside overlooking the Sirhowy valley.
II Monument to Margaret Williams at New Bethel
Near the SW corner of the Chapel.
II Monument to Rosser Williams at New Bethel
Close to the E graveyard wall.
II Monument to Martha Williams at New Bethel
On S side of graveyard midway between chapel and original S boundary wall.
II Monument to Thomas Henry Thomas at New Bethel
On the S side of the chapel, a little N of the James Thomas monument and also by the wall dividing the original cemetery from the later extension.
II Monuments to James Thomas and family at New Bethel
In New Bethel graveyard, on the S side of the chapel, the figure monument on the boundary wall between the old cemetery and the extension with the tomb chest below.

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Cwmbrynar aka Cwmbraenar Cottage

A Grade II Listed Building in Pontllanfraith, Caerphilly