Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Dovecote at Van House
Van, Caerphilly, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Van, Caerphilly, designated on 14 February 1952.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 14 February 1952
- Locality
- Van
- Community
- Van
- Unitary authority
- Caerphilly
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.57504, -3.20381
- Cadw reference
- 21064
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)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1906 · 249 Newport (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Approximately 80m N of Van House and standing in open ground overlooking Caerphilly to W.
History
Built as a dovecote serving Van House and probably C16, most likely part of the rebuilding of Van House with gatehouse and terraced garden c1583 by Thomas Lewis. The dovecote partially collapsed in 1947 in severe weather but has been restored using a photograph of c1910.
Exterior
Circular dovecote with a domed roof which has an opening in the apex. Of rubble sandstone substantially renewed. In the S wall is a renewed doorway with 2-centred head.
Interior
The interior retains stone nesting boxes.
Reason for designation
Notwithstanding restoration, included as a good example of a late medieval dovecote and for group value with Van House and gatehouse.
Nearby in the register
- Van HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Gatehouse and attached courtyard wall at Van HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Brick stack at WerndduIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Twyn County Junior SchoolEducationunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.