Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
30/06/2003
Date of Amendment
30/06/2003
Name of Property
Gatepiers and Wing Walls on main Carriage Drive at Insole Court
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Location
Part of the important group of estate buildings surrounding Insole Court.
History
Probably built in 1855 by W G & E Habershon for J H Insole, the local colliery and shipping owner. Likely to be contemporary with the first build of the house.
Exterior
Constructed of squared, coursed rock-faced Radyr sandstone with Bath limestone ashlar dressings. Two square piers with machicolated cornice and stepped caps, one with the family crest of griffin with shield, this is missing from the other. Curving walls on either side of the drive capped with ashlar coping form a bridge carrying the drive over a small ravine.
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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