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
23281
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
25/04/2000
Date of Amendment
25/04/2000
Name of Property
Entrance to Twyn yr Hydd and Flanking Walls
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Neath Port Talbot
Community
Margam
Town
Port Talbot
Locality
Twyn yr Hydd
Easting
281160
Northing
185190
Street Side
Location
Located in Margam Park. The driveway from the A48 leads to the entrance to Twyn yr Hydd, which is on the E side of the house.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
In the same Arts & Crafts style as the rectangular garden wall immediately N of the house, and contemporary (c1893). The gates no longer survive.
Exterior
Square piers and flanking walls of narrow coursed sandstone with flat stone coping. Quoins to piers, openings and where the angle of the wall changes. Tall gate piers with flat 2-tier capstones. Beyond short walls flanking the gate piers, quadrant walls curve out to the S and then to the E and W, respectively. These terminate in end piers, similar to the gateway piers, but shorter and with ball finials. The piers are flanked by low sections of walling which support ornate cast iron screens. Above and below the top rails is a frieze of scrolls, from which narrow wave finials rise. Dog rails below, linked by arched heads and also with wave finials. Beyond the screens are piers with ball finials and further short wall sections. To the W is another quadrant wall with end pier. This is joined by a wall of dressed stone with stone coping which continues around the garden as a ha-ha. To the E, the wall terminates after a short distance. One wall runs from here towards the N, whilst another runs SE and appears to act as a buttress. It steps down in stages with a curved coping, and is broken by piers with ball finials. To the N is a section with an iron screen, beyond which is a recessed symmetrical section containing 2 iron screens between 2 short quadrant walls. The wall continues for a short distance to the N.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a prominent Arts & Crafts-style garden feature retaining considerable character. Group value with other buildings and structures at Twyn yr Hydd.
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