2 Including former No 1

This building is part of a row of early 19th-century industrial workers' cottages that were associated with the nearby collieries, located just northwest of the former Lucy Thomas dock on the Glamorganshire Canal. Early 19th-century Ordnance Survey maps show two parallel rows of cottages, and the 1850 tithe map indicates additional rows to the west. At that time, the area was part of the estate of Thomas Thomas. By 1919, most of the western row had been demolished, leaving Quay Row.

The house is one of four that front the former canal. It is a two-storey structure made of rubble stone, featuring four double-fronted houses (Nos 2-5) and one half-width house at the end, which was formerly No 1 and is now part of No 2. Originally, Nos 2-5 were designed around a central passageway and a rear staircase. The openings have stone voussoirs, and the building has a narrow depth with no outshut or lean-to at the rear. The completely rebuilt Nos 6-7 may have once been similar to Nos 2-5.

No 2 is whitewashed with a slate roof, featuring a small red brick stack at the left end of the former No 1 and another red brick stack at the left of former No 2. Former No 1 has a very small window on the first floor to the left and a ground floor right window in a stucco surround with 20th-century aluminium glazing. The left end wall is made of rubble stone. The original No 2 has two narrow four-pane sash windows above two wider windows with 20th-century aluminium glazing and a central ledged door. All openings have stucco surrounds with minimal pediments, and the door surround features a keystone. The property has not been inspected.