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
16319
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/07/1995
Date of Amendment
31/07/1995
Name of Property
Bonvilston Cottage
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Community
St. Nicholas and Bonvilston
Town
Locality
Bonvilston
Easting
306398
Northing
174014
Street Side
Location
Located on the N side of the A48, to the W of Bonvilston Parish Church of St. Mary, set back of the road behind a high limestone rubble wall.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Exterior
Two-storey Regency house, rendered elevations and slated hipped roof with two gable stacks and three axial. Of oblong plan with central ridge and hipped wing running N/S at the W end. Bracketed eaves. Three bays wide, with three twelve pane sashes, with horns, to the front first floor. Three sets of French doors to the ground floor set behind colonnade of six Ionic columns with slated lean-to roof. The colonnade returns around the E elevation leading to the front entrance which is set back from the facade of the main house. The front door is four panelled with the lower two panels flush, set within wide reeded timber architrave. The rear elevation has three twelve pane sashes to first floor with sashes to ground floor and Roman Doric colonnade (possibly later) to the rear. Slate-hung downhill gable end. Projecting W wing has steeply pitched slated lean-to roof to ground floor, with French doors beneath. Substantially extended to the E and NE with late C19 and C20 accretions including self-contained annex to the E.
Interior
Not accessible at time of inspection (May 1995).
Reason for designation
Listed grade II as a good example of a large late Georgian house and for group value with the Parish Church and neighbouring listed items.
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