8 Merthyr Road

This is a two-storey terrace of ten cottages, numbered 4 to 22, built in the 18th century and opening directly onto the pavement. The cottages are constructed of narrow, regularly coursed rubble stone with stone voussoirs around the door and window openings, regular dressed stone quoins, and rendered sides. They have Welsh slate roofs with narrow red brick ridge stacks, each topped with three pots. All the front elevations feature a single window range and a front door, with each cottage originally having a ground-floor plan of two rooms behind each other, except for number 14, which has a central staircase plan. Number 14 has a three-window range and a central front door. The cottages were originally likely fitted with small-pane sash windows, though these have largely been replaced with two-light casements on the first floor and transomed casements on the ground floor, some with rendered surrounds and others with slightly cambered heads. The front doors have also been replaced. The terrace is set behind a low masonry revetment that slopes down to the right.

Originally, staircases were located beside the fireplace in the front room of most cottages (except for the central staircase in number 14). Some original stone flagged floors and slabs remain in former pantries. The ground floor ceilings have thin joists, some of which are exposed.