Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Garden Wall, Privy and Gatepiers of Oak Cottage
Whitchurch, Cardiff, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Whitchurch, Cardiff, designated on 31 May 2002.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 31 May 2002
- Locality
- Whitchurch
- Town
- Cardiff
- Community
- Whitchurch
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.51175, -3.23729
- Cadw reference
- 26712
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
Built right around Oak Cottage.
History
Probably early C19 and contemporary with the enlargement and improvement of Oak Cottage (qv.). It is said to have been lived in by an official of the adjacent Melingriffith Tinplate Works.
Exterior
Square brick gate piers with peaked capping and C19 iron gate at head of flight of steps leading down to rear entry. Outside wall and to the north-west of house, an iron post which was in use in connection with Melingriffith lock on the Glamorganshire Canal (closed 1942) which was immediately to the north-west of the house. A wall also encloses the garden to the south of the house. Colourwashed stone rubble walls with rough capping. This wall incorporates a privy and outhouse in the south-west corner. This has a roof of coorrugated steel sheeting.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with Oak Cottage and as part of the historic whole.
Nearby in the register
- Oak CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Former Towpath Bridge to Glamorganshire CanalTransportunder 1 mi
- Melingriffith Water PumpPumpunder 1 mi
- Ty-MawrDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.