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
13900
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
06/10/1977
Date of Amendment
Name of Property
Wall extending west from near the Dovecote in the Garden of St Fagans Castle
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Community
St. Fagans
Town
Cardiff
Locality
Museum of Welsh Life, St Fagans
Easting
311860
Northing
177291
Street Side
Location
One of the associated structures in the gardens of St Fagans Castle and part of the Museum of Welsh Life.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Possibly C17 and the former north boundary wall of the castle grounds, to south of the site of old St Fagans Church and Churchyard, as shown on the Plymouth Estate Plan of 1766. The wall was kept deliberately ('Our old old friend the ivy green/Helps to enrich the picturesque scene') as a part of the garden improvements by James Pulham & Co. between 1874-6.
Exterior
Old wall of stone rubble, broken in several places and now very overgrown by ivy. An opening with stone dressings set within the wall.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as one of the structures associated with the gardens and estate of St. Fagans Castle.
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