Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Grange Farm House
Grangetown, Cardiff, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 19 May 1975
- Community
- Grangetown
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.46779, -3.18820
- Cadw reference
- 13807
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
On corner of Stockland Street and Clive Street.
History
On site of one of the monastic granges of Margam Abbey. Late medieval (C16) with C19 additions and alterations. Until mid C19 said to have been the only house between Cardiff and Penarth.
Exterior
House. Two storeys. Colourwashed over grey lias rubble. Slate gabled roof; modern glazing. Chimney stack at west end. Stockland Street (S) elevation has 2 square windows to first floor, on ground floor, camber-headed window to L, and smaller window to R. Single storey extensions to L with corrugated roof covering; R gable has single window to first floor. North elevation has single-storey lean-to extension to E, and modern porch over entrance. Above porch, square window, and blocked pointed arched medieval opening.
Reason for designation
Listed as a remarkable survival in the urban fabric of Cardiff.
Nearby in the register
- Parish Church of St Paul.Religious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- War Memorial in Grange Gardens, including enclosure railingsReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Shelter in Grange GardensGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Gas Holder at British Gas Grangetown WorksIndustrialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.