Full Report for Listed Buildings


Summary Description of a Listed Buildings


Reference Number
23923
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
15/08/2000  
Date of Amendment
15/08/2000  
Name of Property
Upper terrace wall and pavilion on W side of Miskin Manor  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Rhondda Cynon Taff  
Community
Pont-y-Clun  
Town
 
Locality
Miskin Manor  
Easting
305638  
Northing
180290  
Street Side
 
Location
On the W side of the house.  

Description


Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces  
Period
 

History
The upper terrace wall was built in the last quarter of the C19 by Judge Gwilym Williams, and is first shown on the Ordnance Survey of 1900. The small pavilion attached to it was probably added in the second quarter of the C20. Miskin Manor is a country house built for David Williams in 1864, but has medieval origins. The landscaping of the present park was begun by Williams in 1857 and the principal features were in place by the 1870s. The gardens were further developed by David's son Judge Gwilym Williams (1839-1906) and Sir Rhys Rhys Williams (1865-1955). On the W side of the house there were originally earthen terraces on the sloping ground leading down to the bank of the River Ely. These are shown on the 1875 Ordnance Survey and may have belonged to the late C16 or early C17. The layout was altered by Judge Gwilym Williams from the late C19 when the present terrace walls were built.  

Exterior
A long buttressed revetment wall, of rock-faced snecked stone with flat freestone coping. The coping has added lamps cast by D W Windsor of Stanstead Abbotts, Hertfordshire. From the forecourt, on the upper side of the wall, are 2 flights of stone steps. These are defined by the rake in the wall and square piers with flat copings towards the S end. At the N end are dog-leg steps in 2 flights with square piers and flat copings, leading down to the terrace from the forecourt. Beyond this the wall continues N and returns to the E. Attached to the N end of the wall, beyond the steps, is a gabled pavilion at right angles. The front, facing the terrace to the S, has rock-faced stonework flanking a wide opening, partly supported by rustic posts on dwarf walls. The side and rear walls are rubble stone. Stone tile roof.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Listed for group value with Miskin Manor and other associated listed items.  

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