Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Shelter in Grange Gardens
Grangetown, Cardiff, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 18 November 1997
- Community
- Grangetown
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.46754, -3.18140
- Cadw reference
- 19089
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
At E end of gardens at corner of Corporation Road and Holmedale Street.
History
Probably contemporary with gardens.
Exterior
Rustic shelter of tree trunks and branches, slate roof, broad octagonal plan. Broad segmentally arched entrance, windows to front and sides of octagon.
Reason for designation
Listed as eye-catching rustic building in urban setting.
Nearby in the register
- War Memorial in Grange Gardens, including enclosure railingsReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Parish Church of St Paul.Religious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Grange Farm HouseDomesticunder 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.