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Correctly known as Danbert House or Danbert Hall
Listing info:
On north east corner of Morfydd Street and Market Street.
House of 1880s, built for, and probably designed by Daniel Edwards (1835-1915), tinplate
manufacturer of Morriston, ‘Danbert’ was a brand name for a type of tinplate made at
Edwards’ Dyffryn Works. House construction not completed due to bankruptcy of builder,
and Edwards never lived there.
Three storeys plus attics, pained smooth render with pointed quoins and banded ground
floor, moulded architraves, some exposed bathstone dressings and dormers, slate roof
with bracketed eaves cornice, brick chimneys.
Morfydd Street front of three bays has two attic gables, each with round-headed window,
between which is bathstone dormer with paired windows beneath pediment surmounted by
urn. Central bay has paired round-headed window to each floor. Outer bays have triple
round-headed window on second floor, below, which is, to each bay, two storey splayed
bay with small-pane horned sash glazing. To left, two gables each with round-headed
window, round-headed windows to second floor, shouldered-arch windows to first floor
including stair windows flat-roofed ground floor extension.
To right east elevation similar to west but has single storey porch with steps up to exposed
bathstone entrance flanked by columns; shouldered-arched windows to side and rear.
Rear north elevation in similar style to south, but pair of gables is set to left, and bathstone
dormer to right.
House set behind low brick wall, yellow brick to west with sea-worn limestone capping,
common brick to south with stone copings.
Included as well-preserved example of large Victorian town house, rare in Morriston.
Photos:
http://www.welshruins.co.uk/photo34133784.html
Correctly known as Danbert House or Danbert Hall
Listing info:
On north east corner of Morfydd Street and Market Street.
House of 1880s, built for, and probably designed by Daniel Edwards (1835-1915), tinplate
manufacturer of Morriston, ‘Danbert’ was a brand name for a type of tinplate made at
Edwards’ Dyffryn Works. House construction not completed due to bankruptcy of builder,
and Edwards never lived there.
Three storeys plus attics, pained smooth render with pointed quoins and banded ground
floor, moulded architraves, some exposed bathstone dressings and dormers, slate roof
with bracketed eaves cornice, brick chimneys.
Morfydd Street front of three bays has two attic gables, each with round-headed window,
between which is bathstone dormer with paired windows beneath pediment surmounted by
urn. Central bay has paired round-headed window to each floor. Outer bays have triple
round-headed window on second floor, below, which is, to each bay, two storey splayed
bay with small-pane horned sash glazing. To left, two gables each with round-headed
window, round-headed windows to second floor, shouldered-arch windows to first floor
including stair windows flat-roofed ground floor extension.
To right east elevation similar to west but has single storey porch with steps up to exposed
bathstone entrance flanked by columns; shouldered-arched windows to side and rear.
Rear north elevation in similar style to south, but pair of gables is set to left, and bathstone
dormer to right.
House set behind low brick wall, yellow brick to west with sea-worn limestone capping,
common brick to south with stone copings.
Included as well-preserved example of large Victorian town house, rare in Morriston.
Photos:
http://www.welshruins.co.uk/photo34133784.html
