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
13291
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
10/09/1982
Date of Amendment
03/02/2006
Name of Property
Walls to Garden to West Farm on south-east side of West Street
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Community
Llantwit Major
Town
Cowbridge / Y Bont-Faen
Locality
Llantwit Major
Easting
296565
Northing
168885
Street Side
SE
Location
To the south-east of West Farm on the opposite side of the road.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
C18 to C19; shown on Tithe Plan of 1840. Enclosed gardens detached from the house appear to be a feature of Llantwit Major and this is the most notable example (see also Boverton House).
Exterior
D-shaped garden enclosed by limestone rubble walls with rough coping about 2m in height. Entrance in north-west side between square stone gate piers in centre. A further taller stone pier with flat coping at north-east end of north-west wall; this is a more formal lenght of wall about 1.25m in height facing directly to the farmhouse.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for group value with West Farm and as a fine example of a detached walled garden in an urban context.
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