Full Report for Listed Buildings


Summary Description of a Listed Buildings


Reference Number
81269
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
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  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Cardiff  
Community
Llandaff  
Town
Cardiff  
Locality
Llandaff  
Easting
314989  
Northing
177739  
Street Side
 
Location
Part of the important group of estate buildings surrounding Insole Court.  

Description


Broad Class
 
Period
 

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.  

Interior
 

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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