Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Dovecote in Gardens of St Fagans Castle
St. Fagans, Cardiff, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Museum of Welsh Life, St Fagans, Cardiff, St. Fagans, designated on 6 October 1977.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 6 October 1977
- Locality
- Museum of Welsh Life, St Fagans
- Town
- Cardiff
- Community
- St. Fagans
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.48772, -3.27040
- Cadw reference
- 13901
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
One of the associated structures in the gardens of St Fagans Castle and part of the Museum of Welsh Life.
History
Probably C18, although a dovecote was recorded at St. Fagans Castle in the 1580s.
Exterior
Stone walls, now cement rendered except for part of south elevation. Welsh slate bellcast roof with sprocketted eaves and lantern. Square plan. South elevation has small louvred opening below eaves and doorway, with slightly cambered brick head and boarded door. The swept eaves cover the pigeon entries; a timber perching ledge goes right round the structure; the lantern is glazed with 3 x 3 panes.
Interior
Interior not available for inspection at resurvey, but is said to have an iron ladder for access to the pigeon loft.
Reason for designation
Included as a fine C18 dovecote and as one of the structures associated with the gardens and estate of St. Fagans Castle.
Nearby in the register
- Wall extending west from near the Dovecote in the Garden of St Fagans CastleDomesticunder 1 mi
- West and North Walls of the Gardens House enclosureDomesticunder 1 mi
- Stryd Lydan BarnEducationunder 1 mi
- East Boundary Wall of the Ilex Grove running north to the lane at Clive CottagesDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.