NPRN414816
Map ReferenceST28NE
Grid ReferenceST2932086730
Unitary (Local) AuthorityNewport
Old CountyMonmouthshire
CommunityGaer
Type Of SiteHOUSING ESTATE
PeriodModern
DescriptionA later phase of the Gaer Park housing estate (nprn 410436), which was designed by Johnson Blackett, architect to Newport Borough Council. Built in the mid twentieth century, as a response to the need for post-war housing, the estate sits on the lower slopes to the east of Tredegar hillfort (nprn 93429), adjacent to earlier, inter-war housing. The wide, curving roads are named after writers, poets and playwrights and the estate embraces open space. A primary school forms part of the estate. The estate won an award of merit at the 1951 Festival of Britain.
RCAHMW, 12 March 2013.