Fountain to South of Dyffryn House(partly in St Nicholas and Bonvilston Community)

Wenvoe, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Dyffryn Gardens, Wenvoe, Vale of Glamorgan, designated on 14 September 1992.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Fountain to South of Dyffryn House(partly in St Nicholas and Bonvilston Community), Wenvoe, Vale of Glamorgan, with a pin at the register's coordinates — Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation: Listed building, Grade II
Broad class: Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Date of designation: 14 September 1992
Locality: Dyffryn Gardens
Community: Wenvoe
Unitary authority: Vale of Glamorgan
Country: Wales
Coordinates: 51.44208, -3.30323
Cadw reference: 26987

TodayHistorical map

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)

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Cadw's description

Location

Situated at the centre of the lily pond canal that runs longitudinally though the main lawns in the centre of the gardens. Dyffryn is approximately 2 km S of St Nicholas.

Exterior

See record number 13470 in St Nicholas and Bonvilston Community for full description of this fountain.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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