Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
83121
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
03/09/2004
Date of Amendment
03/09/2004
Name of Property
Garden Walls along roadside at Gileston Manor
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Community
St. Athan
Town
Barry
Locality
Gileston
Easting
301818
Northing
167065
Street Side
W
Location
Lining the west side of the road along the boundaries of Gileston Manor and the Churchyard of the Church of St. Giles.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Mostly C19 in construction but of several dates and possibly incorporating some earlier work. It fronts the gardens and stable yard of Gileston Manor (qv) and the Churchyard of the Church of St. Giles (qv).
Exterior
Built of local lias limestone rubble with some dressed stone. Coped walls about 2m in height which incorporate the gatepiers and iron gate of the Church of St. Giles (qv), the wing walls and gatepiers with pyramid caps and the timber gate to the house and the similar gatepiers to the stable yard. North of the stable block (qv) the wall has a cock-and-hen coping. The wall runs for about 200m along the west side of the lane.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as part of a fine estate group at Gileston Manor.
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