Notable Buildings
Little remains of the works that once sustained the community throughout the Victorian era until the 1930s, the two notable buildings that remain are the Engine House, now occupied by O.P. Chocolates, which took up the site in 1963, and the stable block which is now sheltered housing.
Dowlais House, which has now been demolished, was once home to John Josiah Guest and Lady Charlotte Guest, and it was at Dowlais House that Lady Guest translated the Mabinogion. The Guest Memorial Library (1863); commissioned by Lady Guest and designed by Charles Barry, still stands.
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