Full Report for Listed Buildings


The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.

Summary Description


Reference Number
13183
Building Number
 
Grade
II*  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
05/12/1963  
Date of Amendment
16/09/1999  
Name of Property
South Gate (Porth y Felin)  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Vale of Glamorgan  
Community
Cowbridge with Llanblethian  
Town
 
Locality
Cowbridge  
Easting
299327  
Northing
174574  
Street Side
S  
Location
At S end of Church Street.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
In 1266 Earl Gilbert de Clare Lord of Glamorgan, is thought to have directed the building of protective walls round the boroughs of Cowbridge, Neath and Cardiff. Present gate possibly dates from early C14; later repairs in, eg, 1805 and 1862. The town walls of Cowbridge originally had 4 gates (to N, S, E, W); the S gate (Porth y Felin) is the only survivor; E and W gates demolished mid C18; position and fate of N gate uncertain. The South Gate was originally vaulted with an upper floor or garderobe reached by a now blocked arch in inner E face of the gate.  

Exterior
Gate of stone rubble six metres high, roughly 6.2 metres deep and six metres wide. North side has pointed double archways, roughly 3.3 metres wide, with segmental arch on south face, flanked by buttresses which probably date from C19 restorations.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Graded II* as extremely rare example of Medieval town gate in Glamorgan. Group value with town walls and adjacent listed buildings. Scheduled Ancient Monument, Cadw No Gm136.  

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