Evergreen Cottage, St Brides Major, Vale of Glamorgan

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.4636 / 51°27'49"N

Longitude: -3.6103 / 3°36'37"W

OS Eastings: 288231

OS Northings: 175082

OS Grid: SS882750

Mapcode National: GBR HC.M0LS

Mapcode Global: VH5HQ.CGQT

Plus Code: 9C3RF97Q+FV

Entry Name: Evergreen Cottage

Listing Date: 3 March 1999

Last Amended: 3 March 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 21795

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300021795

Location: Fronting the S side of the common at Heol y Mynydd, on a narrow lane leading from St. Brides Major.

County: Vale of Glamorgan

Community: St. Bride's Major (Saint-y-Brid)

Community: St. Bride's Major

Locality: Heol y Mynydd

Traditional County: Glamorgan

Tagged with: Cottage

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History

Probably C18. Originally a farmhouse, shown on a survey of the Dunraven Estate of c 1779. The roof appears to have been raised, and the house probably remodelled in the early C19.

Exterior

Symmetrical 3-window, 2-storey house, with single storey range to E. Rendered over masonry, slate roof, stone end stacks. Three windows to upper storey, 2-over-4 pane sashes with stone sills and segmental brick heads which have been rendered over. The C20 ribbed front door is flanked by 2-light casement windows with horizontal glazing bars. Flat heads and narrows sills. The lower range to the L has C20 openings, a door to L and window to R. The E and W gable ends have no openings. The rear has 2 small windows to the upper storey. A long low rubble range abuts the NW angle of the house and runs N. It has a single pitch roof, boarded double doors to the N end, and a door to the E.

Interior

No access to interior at time of inspection (17/3/98).

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a well preserved example of a small C18 farmhouse with C19 alterations..

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Evergreen Cottage

A Grade II Listed Building in St Brides Major, Vale of Glamorgan