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
23962
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/08/2000
Date of Amendment
31/08/2000
Name of Property
Garden Terrace at St John's College (formerly Ty-to-Maen)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Community
Old St. Mellons
Town
Cardiff
Locality
St Mellons
Easting
323052
Northing
181596
Street Side
Location
In front of the main frontage and incorporating steps to the lawn at lower level.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
Probably contemporary with house built 1885.
Exterior
Terrace of snecked rock-faced sandstone in grey and red, decoratively used, with ashlar dressings. It comprises a stepped retaining wall with saddleback coping extending either side of a canted bay which has a parapet of pierced masonry in quatrefoils and overhanging coping. At the end of each section of wall is a pier with wide moulded caps; a pair of piers flanks each flight of steps descending to the lawn parallel with the wall .
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as an eye-catching element in the house setting, for group value with the house and former stables.
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