8 Gelli Houses is a Grade II listed building in the Neath Port Talbot local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 July 2000. Housing. 1 related planning application.
8 Gelli Houses
- WRENN ID
- seventh-beam-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Constituency
- Aberafan Maesteg MP: Stephen Kinnock (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 31 July 2000
- Type
- Housing
- Address
- 8 Gelli Houses, Glyncorrwg, SA13 3NP
- OS grid reference
- SS 872 962
- Coordinates
- 51.65347, -3.63177
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
These are a row of twelve terraced houses, built in 1883 for colliery workers at nearby pits owned by the Glyncorrwg Coal Mining Company. The single-storey design is distinctive and represents a late example of this type of housing. The houses were originally arranged with four rooms, including a lean-to pantry at the rear, and only two of the rooms had heating. Initially, the residents shared a communal bakehouse, though this was demolished by 1904.
The twelve houses are arranged in two rows of six, placed end to end but slightly angled. They are constructed of rubble-stone walls which have been rendered. The roofs have been replaced, and most of the original brick chimney stacks remain, some of which are also rendered. The windows and doors are replacements, but are generally in the original openings. The houses are of group value.
Local climate
8 Gelli Houses sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,300 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2007
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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