A project to revitalise a historic industrial village has been awarded £134,200 from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Caerphilly County Borough Council’s Re-uniting Bute Town with its Heritage project, aims to reunite Bute Town, near Rhymney, with its industrial heritage and reaffirm the village as a vibrant community with a unique heritage.
Also known locally as Drenewydd, the village is a unique self-contained community of 44 early 19th Century industrial workers’ housing, St Aidan’s Church and the Windsor Arms Public House.
The properties are a rare surviving example of the earliest planned industrial housing in the South Wales Valleys.
The project aims to deliver essential conservation repair work to the historic buildings of Bute Town, complimented by a series of sensitive enhancements.
good for Bute Town