Full Report for Listed Buildings


Summary Description of a Listed Buildings


Reference Number
13320
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
10/09/1982  
Date of Amendment
19/01/2005  
Name of Property
Walls of Entrance Forecourt flanking the Bridge at St Donats Castle  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Vale of Glamorgan  
Community
St. Donats  
Town
Cowbridge / Y Bont-Faen  
Locality
St Donats Castle  
Easting
293463  
Northing
168137  
Street Side
 
Location
On either side of the Entrance Bridge at St Donats Castle.  

Description


Broad Class
Defence  
Period
 

History
Of different dates of construction, but probably mostly late C19, and repaired in the late C20.  

Exterior
Local lias limestone rubble. South-east (left) of the castle entrance bridge, a thin boundary wall about 2m in height, incorporating an archway, extends as far as the north-west angle of the forecourt stables. The forecourt wall has been lowered since the early C20 on the north-west (right) of the bridge (see Country Life, 31 August 1907, p 315); it was probably done in the 1920s. The archway to the kitchen yard was made narrower in the 1970s to form a pointed arch with parapet over.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Included for its special interest and group value as a part of St. Donat's Castle and its associated gardens.  

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