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
19465
Building Number
 
Grade
II*  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
03/03/1998  
Date of Amendment
03/03/1998  
Name of Property
E Precinct Wall at Ewenny Priory (house)  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Vale of Glamorgan  
Community
Ewenny  
Town
 
Locality
Ewenny Priory  
Easting
291288  
Northing
177804  
Street Side
 
Location
Aligned roughly N/S in Ewenny Priory (house) garden, joining churchyard at SE and former SE gatehouse.  

Description


Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary  
Period
 

History
Main E section believed to be part of the early precinct wall dating from soon after foundation of Priory in C12, not remodelled and strengthened like the W sections in C13. Incorporates original C12 W doorway of Priory Church re-set as garden gate in early C19 (separately listed). NE return is post Dissolution probably relating to enclosure of Ewenny Priory (house) grounds in early C19.  

Exterior
Main section is a straight stretch of wall joining the former SE gatehouse later converted to columbarium and SE corner of Priory churchyard. Of stone rubble with 2 rows of putlogs. At NE it forms the E wall of an enclosure which is the private cemetery of the Picton Turbervill family, occupiers of Ewenny Priory (house). The return NE bordering the N side of the private cemetery and the S side of the churchyard has battlements incorporating arrow loops, wall walk, all on a much smaller scale than W of church, with a low stretch of footing joining ruined N transept at NE corner.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Listed II* as probably the earliest stretch of precinct wall although not as elaborate as the later W rebuild; group value with the other buildings of Ewenny Priory, in particular Ewenny Priory Church and SE Tower. Scheduled Ancient Monument Gm 190 (part).  

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