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
13872
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
28/01/1963
Date of Amendment
28/11/2003
Name of Property
Wall of the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin with the attached War Memorial
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Community
St. Fagans
Town
Cardiff
Locality
St Fagans
Easting
312087
Northing
177221
Street Side
Location
In the centre of St Fagans village.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Probably late C19 but with later alterations and repairs. Lychgate incorporated in the wall in 1885 (qv) and War Memorial added in c1920.
Exterior
Low stone rubble wall with roughly embattled coping but with rendered coping towards south end on south-west side of churchyard. The wall incorporates both the War Memorial, and the Lychgate (qv) and then curves round to follow Greenwood Lane where there is another small gate. The War Memorial dates from c1920 and is an unadorned design in unpolished granite with a plinth of three steps which carries an obelisk type shaft and a cross-head.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a part of the important group of historic estate buildings at the centre of St. Fagans village.
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