Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
South Wall of Forecourt at St Fagans Castle
St. Fagans, Cardiff, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 6 October 1977
- Locality
- Museum of Welsh Life, St Fagans
- Town
- Cardiff
- Community
- St. Fagans
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.48627, -3.26850
- Cadw reference
- 82249
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
One of the associated structures in the gardens of St Fagans Castle and part of the Museum of Welsh Life.
History
Probably built in the late C16 or early C17 as a part of the lay out of formal gardens for St. Fagans Castle.
Exterior
Limestone rubble wall about 5m in height. The wall has a segmental headed doorway through which the Service Court of the present house is entered.
Reason for designation
Included as a structure associated with an important Elizabethan country house.
Nearby in the register
- Lead Cistern in the east forecourt of St Fagans CastleReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Curtain Walls of St Fagans Castle with attached Bothies in the Service YardDomesticunder 1 mi
- South Wall of the Entrance Garden separating it from the Stable Court at St Fagans CastleDomesticunder 1 mi
- Stable Court at St Fagans CastleDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.