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Woodstock House

Cowbridge with Llanblethian, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Cowbridge, Cowbridge with Llanblethian, Vale of Glamorgan, designated on 5 December 1963.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Woodstock House, Cowbridge with Llanblethian, Vale of Glamorgan, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
Domestic
Date of designation
5 December 1963
Locality
Cowbridge
Community
Cowbridge with Llanblethian
Unitary authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Country
Wales
Coordinates
51.46270, -3.45113
Cadw reference
13213

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1897 · 262 Pontypridd (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1897 · 262 Pontypridd (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

Location

Opposite Mason's Arms; on corner with Eagle Lane.

History

Late C18. Formerly the town house of the Wyndham family. Recently restored.

Exterior

Three storeys. Five bay front elevation with painted modern render, rusticated ground floor, quoins, bands and rusticated window dressings with voussoirs. Slate roof with rendered end stacks. Sash windows without glazing bars and with horns, with smaller windows on second floor. Central Doric porch (restored); panelled door with overlight. Lower two-storey, two-bay wing in similar style to left hand, but set slightly back. Slate gabled roof with left hand gable stack with pebbledash cladding; sash windows without glazing bars. Front forecourt dwarf walls of stone; renewed iron railings. To rear, at right angles, wings with tall stone chimneys.

Interior

Interior has been converted to flats.

Reason for designation

C18 town house of the Wyndham family. Group value with adjacent listed buildings.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0
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