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
13839
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
06/10/1977  
Date of Amendment
28/11/2003  
Name of Property
Osmington Cottage  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Cardiff  
Community
St. Fagans  
Town
Cardiff  
Locality
St Fagans  
Easting
312124  
Northing
177151  
Street Side
 
Location
A part of the group of estate buildings at the entry to St Fagans village from Cardiff.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
1852 (dated). Typical of the picturesque mid-C19 improvements to St. Fagans village by the Windsor/Plymouth estate.  

Exterior
Osmington Cottage has an in-line modern addition at the rear.  

Interior
Interior not inspected at resurvey.  

Reason for designation
Included for group value as one of several types of C19 estate housing built at the centre of St. Fagans village by the Plymouth Estates.  

Group Description
Osmington Cottage, Ivy Cottage & The Mount Walls of stone rubble with dressed stone quoins and with coping and kneelers to the gables, Welsh slate roof, ridge stacks with old pots. Three two-storey cottages, the centre one with plaque dated 1852. 3-light casement windows; centre lights plain and outer lights with lattice tracery; stone cills. Porches with pointed arches and gables. Ivy Cottage is recessed in the centre and has front elevation of two window bays with centre door bay with porch. The front elevations of Osmington Cottage (left) and The Mount (right) are in the form of gabled cross-wings, Osmington Cottage to the east and The Mount to the west, each with a 3-light casement window both above and below in front gable end; side elevations of Osmington Cottage and The Mount each with an external stack and porch. Rear elevation not seen.  

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