Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Front Garden Wall to West Farm
Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llantwit Major, Cowbridge / Y Bont-Faen, Vale of Glamorgan, designated on 16 December 2004.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 16 December 2004
- Locality
- Llantwit Major
- Town
- Cowbridge / Y Bont-Faen
- Community
- Llantwit Major
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.40962, -3.48883
- Cadw reference
- 83390
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)
- 1858 · 20. Bridgewater. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 262 Pontypridd (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 262 Pontypridd (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Along the street frontage of West Farm.
History
C18 and C19. Some of the walling is presumably contemporary with the house but it has been altered later.
Exterior
Front garden enclosed by limestone rubble walls about 1m in height with stone slab coping; centre square stone gate piers with stone slab coping and C19 iron gate with circular uprights with finials rising alternately above top and middle rail; finials comprise scrolls flanking centre stem, the upper finials with shorter centre stem.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with West Farm.
Nearby in the register
- West FarmDomesticunder 1 mi
- Hill CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Walls to Garden to West Farm on south-east side of West StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- Swimbridge Farmhouse with attached garden wallsDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.