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
81264
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/06/2003
Date of Amendment
30/06/2003
Name of Property
Garden House at Insole Court
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Community
Llandaff
Town
Cardiff
Locality
Llandaff
Easting
314973
Northing
177688
Street Side
Location
On the south side of the house and part of the important group of estate buildings surrounding Insole Court.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
The garden house appears on the first edition OS map of 1874, but it must have been very new then.
Exterior
Octagonal garden house constructed of river pebbles with dressed pennant quoins to each corner. Pyramind Welsh slate roof. Pointed arch doorway on one face with pointed arch windows on the flanking faces, the rest are blind. The doorway is blocked with a modern steel gate.
Interior
The interior is now featureless.
Reason for designation
Included for group value as part of the garden and estate buildings of a significant Victorian mansion with a chequered history.
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