Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Churchyard Walls of Church of St. John the Baptist
Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 19 May 1975
- Locality
- Radyr
- Town
- Cardiff
- Community
- Llandaff
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.50355, -3.24120
- Cadw reference
- 13781
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Surrounding the Churchyard of Church of St. John the Baptist.
History
Possibly C17 in origin but largely rebuilt in the C19.
Exterior
Walls of stone rubble with rough capping which enclose the churchyard on four sides. It is interrupted by an opening in the south-west side and by the lych gate in the south-east side. A stone stile is incorporated into wall immediately to west of lych gate. The walls vary from 1-2m in height.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with the Church of St. John the Baptist.
Nearby in the register
- Lychgate of Church of St. John the BaptistReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church of St. John the BaptistReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- FairwoodDomesticunder 1 mi
- Radyr ChainDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.