21 Gelli-deg

Cottage in a terraced row, 2-storeys, much altered. The row comprises an C18 3-bay house with small service range set back to right, mainly No 15 but left bay of house part of No 16, and 6 added cottages in 2 blocks (now the rest of No 16, No 17, No 19 and No 21).

The upper row of 3 cottages are painted rendered with imitation slates and same eaves but higher ridge line than row to right. Nos 19 & 20 (the latter now part of No 21) were a mirrored pair with end stacks and a cottage on the end, No 21, slightly larger, with stack shared with No 20. The chimney between 20 and 21 has gone. The mirrored pair 19-20 had doors to inner bays and window each floor to outer bay, but door to No 20 has gone. Widened openings to first floor of No 20. Left end cottage (the original No 21) has C20 windows to right and C20 door to left, both window openings widened. Rear has C20 wide window to upper floor left of original No 20 and 3 ground floor windows, one C20 broad opening to No 20 and 2 small ones to right, possibly original openings, all plastic.

Interior not available for inspection. The original Nos 20-21 were surveyed in 1988 and they contained oak trusses with collars raised when upper rooms had been ceiled. The trusses were on seating blocks and the roof was thought to have been stone-tiled. Each house had a ground floor plan of kitchen, sleeping-room and pantry and single upper room. There were quarter-turn timber stairs with cupboard beneath and handrail at top in the front corners. The floor joists were cross-axial and the ground floors had flagstones.