Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Front Garden Wall
Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llandaff, Cardiff, designated on 19 May 1975.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 19 May 1975
- Locality
- Llandaff
- Town
- Cardiff
- Community
- Llandaff
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.49326, -3.21887
- Cadw reference
- 13650
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
- 1898 · 263 Cardiff (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 110. Cardiff & Mouth of the Severn. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Running along the street frontage of No 51.
History
c1863. Contemporary with the house and the adjoining Probate Registry and a part of the overall design by John Prichard.
Exterior
Low garden wall built of thin courses of grey and red Radyr stone in regular courses with ashlar quoins and coping. Incorporates two pointed headed recesses at south-west and a pointed arch in right return. This was a well for public water supply prior to piped water.
Reason for designation
Included for its group value with the surrounding listed buildings.
Nearby in the register
- The Old RegistryDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Old Probate RegistryCommercialunder 1 mi
- St. Michael's CollegeDomesticunder 1 mi
- 19 High StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.