No 53 Garden Suburbs, Circus is a Grade II listed building in the Caerphilly local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 15 November 1993. Houses.
No 53 Garden Suburbs, Circus
- WRENN ID
- watchful-keep-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Caerphilly
- Constituency
- Newport West and Islwyn MP: Ruth Jones (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 15 November 1993
- Type
- Houses
- Address
- No 53 Garden Suburbs, Circus, Pont-Y-Waun Garden Suburb, Crosskeys
- OS grid reference
- ST 221 929
- Coordinates
- 51.62993, -3.12619
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
No 53 Garden Suburbs, Circus is part of a group of four two-storey houses built in the Arts and Crafts style, featuring a butterfly-plan layout. The distinctive gabled elevations may show influence from the architect Philip Webb. The houses at Nos 49 and 55 are finished with pebbledash, while Nos 51 and 53 are tile-hung. All have tiled roofs with swept overhanging eaves and brick chimney stacks. Some original leaded casement windows remain, though most have been replaced with imitations.
The symmetrical design of the main front is highlighted by the twin tile-hung gables that extend low on either side, jettied out and boarded at the top. The first floor features four-light windows, with splayed bays below topped by hipped roofs. Entrances are located on either side beneath the gables. The single-window wings have hipped hoods over three-light first floor windows. Unlike some nearby houses, the gable ends to the north and east are symmetrical, showcasing brick-tiled details and cambered-arched five-light windows on the first floor, with seven-light windows below. The rear gable has fewer dormers compared to other principal blocks. No leaded glazing is retained.
Local climate
No 53 Garden Suburbs, Circus sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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