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
23275
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
25/04/2000
Date of Amendment
25/04/2000
Name of Property
Broadwalk Steps
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Neath Port Talbot
Community
Margam
Town
Port Talbot
Locality
Margam Park
Easting
280272
Northing
186260
Street Side
Location
Located near the W end of the broadwalk, E of the orangery and chapter house. The broadwalk rises up to the E with Margam Castle as the focal point.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
The steps were under construction in 1839, as recorded by Lady Mary Cole, mother of C R M Talbot.
Exterior
Two wide flights of steps on the broadwalk. Eleven plain steps to lower flight and 24 to upper flight, separated by a landing. Low boundary walls with wide flat stone copings, which end with short square rock-faced piers.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a prominent feature in the vista towards Margam Castle. Group value with castle, garden terraces and other structures in the park.
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