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
16461
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/12/1952
Date of Amendment
26/10/1995
Name of Property
Two flights of steps up to Terrace and Yew Tree Pleasance
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Community
Llandow
Town
Locality
Llanmihangel
Easting
298068
Northing
171973
Street Side
Location
Located immediately to the rear of Llanmihangel Place.
Description
Broad Class
Recreational
Period
History
The gardens were laid out in the reign of William and Mary, probably by Humphrey Edwin, who was Lord Mayor of London in 1697. Over three hundred yews were planted to a design described by John Tomlinson in 1629 "Paradisi de Sole, Paradisus Terrastrius"
Exterior
Narrow flight of ten plain limestone steps, leading up to a broader, shallower flight of 13 steps with coping, which in turn leads into the formal flat grass terrace.
Partially restored at the time of inspection. (June 1995)
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as an integral part of this rare and exceptionally interesting late C17 planned garden associated with the grade I Llanmihangel Place.
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