Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
East Boundary Wall of St. Fagans Castle grounds
St. Fagans, Cardiff, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Defence
- Date of designation
- 6 October 1977
- Locality
- Museum of Welsh Life, St Fagans
- Town
- Cardiff
- Community
- St. Fagans
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.48782, -3.26859
- Cadw reference
- 13880
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
One of the associated structures in the gardens of St Fagans Castle and part of the Museum of Welsh Life.
History
The existing wall is probably mostly mid C18-mid C19 but a close inspection shows three builds, base, main part, battlements. The base is thus presumably C17, the main build C18 and C19 while the battlements seem to have been added in about 1900. Most of the listed walls at St. Fagans Castle will have this kind of history.
Exterior
The boundary wall to the Castle grounds which is immediately to the east of the head gardener's house is of stone rubble with an embattled parapet and is similar to the wall which bounds the eastern side of the Rose garden, gains in height and then continues southwards as far as the stable entrance. To the north of the garden at the head gardener's house, the castle boundary wall is much higher and is of stone rubble with brick capping; this extends as far as the northern end of the yard occupied by the Plymouth Estate, and is interrupted by the entrance to the yard.
Reason for designation
Included as one of the structures associated with the gardens and estate of St. Fagans Castle.
Nearby in the register
- Gardens HouseEducationunder 1 mi
- Laurel CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Plymouth Arms P HCommercialunder 1 mi
- West and North Walls of the Gardens House enclosureDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.