Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
13188
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
03/02/1981
Date of Amendment
16/09/1999
Name of Property
S, SE & NW Churchyard Walls
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Community
Cowbridge with Llanblethian
Town
Locality
Cowbridge
Easting
299424
Northing
174560
Street Side
Location
On opposite side of churchyard from entrance in Church Street.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
In 1815 an Act of Vestry resolved that the Burial Ground "be enclosed in"; previously there seems to have been a fence.
Exterior
Walls of stone rubble with very rough coping on south and south-east sides. On North-west side, the churchyard wall also comprises the wall to the former fives court to Cowbridge Grammar School; this wall becomes very high at North-east end of court where it continues Northwards as far as end pier and railings at Church Street churchyard entrance. On south-west side, the churchyard wall also comprises the rear wall of the late C19 Cowbridge Grammar School wing.
Interior
Reason for designation
Early C19 walls defining parish church yard; group value with parish church.
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