Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Megalithic folly at James Howell House
Roath, Cardiff, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Tredegarville, Cardiff, Roath, designated on 24 May 2002.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 24 May 2002
- Locality
- Tredegarville
- Town
- Cardiff
- Community
- Roath
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.48530, -3.17002
- Cadw reference
- 26663
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)
- 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
In the forecourt of the house, set behind railings to the street. James Howell House is at the corner of the junction with West Grove.
History
James Howell House was built by James Howell (1835-1909), master draper and founder of one of Cardiff principal department stores. In 1896 he sold the house to the Corporation of Cardiff for use as a Judges Lodging. In 1918 the house was extended and converted to the Prince of Wales Hospital for Limbless Sailors and Soldiers. To mark the opening of the hospital, the cromlech was erected by Sir John Lynn-Thomas, a surgeon at the hospital. It is a copy in Radyr stone of the prehistoric cromlech at St Lythans near Dyffryn House. The hospital closed in 1977 and the house was converted to flats by the Family Housing Association.
Exterior
Folly of Radyr stone comprising 3 upright slabs enclosing 3 sides of a chamber and covered by a single capstone.
Reason for designation
Listed as an exceptional megalithic folly in an urban setting, and for its social-historical interest commemorating the former Prince of Wales Hospital.
Nearby in the register
- Pillar Box in West GroveGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Coleg Glan HafrenEducationunder 1 mi
- The Mansion HouseCivilunder 1 mi
- North Building (former Dept. of Preventative Medicine and Dept. of Mining), Queen's BuildingsEducationunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.