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
13470
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
14/09/1992  
Date of Amendment
 
Name of Property
Fountain to South of Dyffryn House  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Vale of Glamorgan  
Community
St. Nicholas and Bonvilston  
Town
 
Locality
Dyffryn  
Easting
309514  
Northing
172261  
Street Side
 
Location
Situated at the centre of the lily pond canal that runs longitudinally through the main lawns in the centre of the gardens. Dyffryn is approximately 2km S of St. Nicholas.  

Description


Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces  
Period
 

History
Not shown on the 1926 plan of Dyffryn gardens, therefore probably introduced in the 1950''s scheme when some ornamental bronzes are said to have been presented to the gardens. Dyffryn is principally known for its gardens which were laid out for Reginald Cory by Thomas Mawson, the internationally known and notably prolific garden designer; work began in 1904/5. Sold in 1937 and purchased by Sir Cennydd Traherne who leased it to the County Council; now run as a conference centre. Until c1985 Dyffryn was a botanical garden.  

Exterior
Large, Chinese style, bronze fountain. Scalloped cup with dragon, from whose mouth water flows, and lion''s faces below. The whole has a gadrooned base.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Included for group value with Dyffryn House as a distinctive garden feature.  

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