Vale of Glamorgan County Treasures: St Nicholas and Bonvilston

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Foreword

For many years now the recording and protection afforded to the historic environment has been bound within the provisions of a number legislative Acts of Parliament. Indeed, the Vale of Glamorgan has over 100 Scheduled Ancient Monuments, over 700 Listed Buildings and 38 Conservation Areas that are afforded statutory protection by legislation.

However, this system of statutory recognition, by its nature, only takes account of items of exceptional significance. Often there are locally important buildings that although acknowledged not to be of ‘national’ or ‘exceptional’ importance, are considered key examples of vernacular architecture or buildings, which have an important local history. It is these buildings which are often the main contributors to local distinctiveness, but which have to date, remained un-surveyed and afforded little recognition or protection.

The original County Treasures project was published by the then South Glamorgan County Council in the late 1970’s. It was conceived as a locally adopted inventory of ‘special features’ in the former County area.

However, as a result of local government restructuring, the changes to local authority boundaries, as well as changes in responsibilities and funding mechanisms the survey was never completed, and as a consequence was not comprehensive in its coverage.

In the three decades that have passed since the original survey was attempted, the loss of a number of local buildings and landmarks, and the redevelopment of unprotected sites make the County Treasures project as relevant today as it was then. This publication is the culmination of the efforts of many individuals and groups who have been generously giving of their knowledge, time and commitment over a nearly ten year period, and without whom the County Treasures project would never have been possible. To all those involved, I extend my heart felt thanks in recognition of a job well done.

We should be proud, therefore, that this version of the County Treasures survey is complete, robust and comprehensive. It is in another respect even more valuable than its predecessor, in that this Inventory has not been compiled by the local authority, but by the communities of the Vale themselves.

Each of the 27 community areas within the Vale were surveyed by a volunteer workforce of local people, teachers, history society members, local Councillors and other interested individuals, who gave willingly and freely of their time to reveal and record the very many items that could conceivably be of architectural and historic interest; and which, further to detailed scrutiny, research and qualification, were considered worthy of inclusion. This inventory, therefore, more than any other provides an account of what is considered of local importance by local people.

The complete Treasures Inventory contains some 1200 entries. It contains a schedule giving the name of each treasure, its description, its current means of statutory protection (where relevant), a grid reference, map and photograph.

This 2007 Inventory should not however be seen as a ‘final product’, and although it indeed provides an excellent account and record at a fixed point in time, it also provides a framework for future additions and amendments, as more or new buildings become apparent, new information or change occurs.

i It is hoped that the Vale of Glamorgan County Treasures Inventory will serve several purposes: • It will stimulate local, and wider interest, and promote care and maintenance of identified treasures. • It will act as a valuable educational resource, perhaps allowing local schoolchildren to research locally as well as nationally significant events and buildings. • It will ensure that treasures are fully regarded in the planning process where they are threatened by development pressures. • It will stimulate protectionist policies within forthcoming development plans and perhaps the recognition of further areas for statutory designation.

The Vale of Glamorgan Council, Cadw, The Civic Trust for Wales, The Penarth Society, and The Vale Council for Voluntary Services have supported this project.

Every attempt has been made to ensure that this document is as accurate as possible. The survey was undertaken between 2002 and 2007.

All content is © copyright of the Vale of Glamorgan Council and all rights are reserved.

All maps are © Crown copyright and all rights are reserved. Published by the Vale of Glamorgan Council under Licence No. 100023424 2007.

ii Rhagair

Ers llawer o flynyddoedd bellach, mae’r gwaith o gofnodi ac amddiffyn yr amgylchedd hanesyddol yn cael ei reoli o dan amodau nifer o ddeddfau seneddol. Mae dros 100 o Henebion Rhestredig, dros 700 o Adeiladau Rhestredig a 38 o Ardaloedd Cadwraeth ym Mro Morgannwg sy’n cael eu hamddiffyn o dan y gyfraith yn y modd yma.

Serch hynny, mae’n anochel bod system fel hon sydd wedi’i seilio ar gydnabyddiaeth statudol, yn rhoi ystyriaeth i eitemau o bwysigrwydd eithriadol yn unig. Mae hynny’n golygu bod llawer o adeiladau lleol sydd, er nad oes ganddynt unrhyw statws cenedlaethol nac eithriadol, yn dal yn nodedig am eu pensaernïaeth frodorol neu’n bwysig i hanes yr ardal. Yn amlach na pheidio, dyma’r union adeiladau sy’n rhoi cymeriad i ardal er na ddaeth neb i’w hadolygu erioed ac nad oes ganddynt fawr o statws na chynlluniau ar gyfer eu gwarchod.

Hen Gyngor Sir De Morgannwg oedd yn gyfrifol am brosiect gwreiddiol Trysorau’r Sir a gyhoeddwyd ar ddiwedd y 1970au. Bwriad y prosiect oedd llunio rhestr leol o’r holl nodweddion arbennig rhwng ffiniau’r hen sir.

Serch hynny, bu ad-drefnu llywodraeth leol, newid ffiniau awdurdodau lleol a newid cyfrifoldebau staff a threfniadau nawdd yn rhwystr i’r gwaith, ac am na chafodd yr arolwg ei gwblhau erioed, mae’r rhestr yn bell o fod yn gyflawn.

Yn ystod y tri degawd ers cynnal yr arolwg gwreiddiol, mae nifer o adeiladau a nodweddion lleol amlwg wedi diflannu, a safleoedd diamddiffyn wedi’u datblygu, sy’n golygu bod y prosiect yn fwy perthnasol heddiw nag erioed. Ffrwyth ymdrech nifer o unigolion a grwpiau ymroddgar a fu’n rhoi’n hael o’u hamser a’u gwybodaeth am bron i ddeng mlynedd, yw’r cyhoeddiad hwn. Heb eu cymorth, ni fuasai’n bosibl cynnal prosiect Trysorau’r Sir o gwbl, a hoffwn ddiolch o galon i bawb am ddod i ben â’r gwaith mor dda.

Mae pob rheswm i ni fod yn falch o’r fersiwn cyflawn, cadarn a chynhwysfawr hwn o’r arolwg ar Drysorau’r Sir. Mae’n fwy gwerthfawr fyth na’r un flaenorol hefyd am mai cymunedau’r Fro eu hunain a fu’n ei lunio’n hytrach na’r awdurdod lleol.

Cafodd pob un o’r 27 cymuned yn y Fro ei hadolygu gan dîm gwirfoddol o bobl leol, athrawon, aelodau cymdeithasau hanesyddol, Cynghorwyr lleol a rhai eraill â diddordeb yn y maes. Rhoesant yn hael o’u hamser heb dâl er mwyn dod o hyd i’r holl eitemau a allai fod o ddiddordeb pensaernïol neu hanesyddol, a’u cofnodi. Cafodd y rhai teilwng eu hychwanegu at y rhestr ar ôl llawer o waith ymchwil ac archwilio manwl. Dyma’r rhestr felly sy’n adlewyrchu orau’r eitemau sydd o bwys gan bobl yn eu hardaloedd eu hunain.

Mae 1200 o eitemau i gyd ar y rhestr drysorau gyflawn. Mae pob cofnod yn cynnwys enw’r eitem, disgrifiad ohoni, y ddarpariaeth sydd ar gael o dan y gyfraith ar gyfer ei gwarchod (pan fo hynny’n berthnasol), cyfeirnod grid, map a llun.

Serch hynny, ni ddylid ystyried rhestr 2007 yn rhestr gyflawn o bell ffordd. Er ei bod yn adroddiad ardderchog ar y sefyllfa ar adeg benodol, mae’n bwysig ei gweld hefyd fel fframwaith ar gyfer addasu’r rhestr wrth i’r sefyllfa newid neu i adeiladau neu wybodaeth newydd ddod i’r golwg.

iii Rydym yn gobeithio y bydd rhestr Trysorau Sir Bro Morgannwg yn: • ennyn diddordeb y gymuned leol a’r gymuned ehangach yn y trysorau hyn ac yn annog pobl i ofalu amdanynt a’u cadw mewn cyflwr da. • helpu’n sylweddol gydag addysg plant ysgol drwy roi cyfle iddynt ymchwilio i ddigwyddiadau ac adeiladau sydd o bwys lleol yn ogystal â chenedlaethol. • sicrhau bod pob ystyriaeth yn cael ei rhoi i’r trysorau wrth gynllunio pan fo perygl i waith datblygu amharu arnynt. • atgyfnerthu’r polisïau gwarchod yn y cynlluniau datblygu nesaf a helpu i sicrhau bod mwy o ardaloedd yn cael eu dynodi’n statudol.

Mae Cyngor Bro Morgannwg, Cadw, Ymddiriedolaeth Ddinesig Cymru, Cymdeithas Penarth a Chyngor Gwasanaethau Gwirfoddol y Fro i gyd wedi cefnogi’r prosiect hwn..

Gwnaethpwyd pob ymgais i sicrhau bod y ddogfen hon yn fanwl gywir.

Mae pob map yn cael ei ddiogelu gan hawlfraint y Goron (H) a chedwir pob hawl. Cyhoeddwyd y ddogfen gan Gyngor Bro Morgannwg o dan Rif Trwyddedu 100023424 2007.

iv List of Contributors

Steering Group Ray Caple (Chairman) Audrey Poole Graham Robertson Richard Cole Nick Lloyd Gareth Kiddie

Community Volunteer Correspondent Barry Alun Thomas Gerald Gracey-Cox Peta Goodwin Paul Goodwin Colwinston Robert Gwyn Thomas Cowbridge Stan Lane Dinas Powys Dr.Peter Elmes Betti Digby Robin Digby Ewenny Cllr.Guy Shackell Cllr.Lyn Ware Llancarfan John Gunson Llandough Cllr.Michael Edwards Cllr.Brian Hill Llandow Robert Gwyn Thomas Llanfair Hilary Thomas Llangan Ray Caple Llanmaes Nigel Williams Llantwit Major Vivian Kelly Lyn Rees Michaelston-le-Pit Joanne Powell Penarth Dr.Sam Romaya Audrey Poole Bill Simpson Diana Mead Mike Evans Pendoylan Dr.Edward Coles Dr.Lisa Coles

v Penllyn Ray Caple Brian Gillard Cathie Brooks Ann Jarvis Peterston-super-Ely Dennis Nottage Mike Ponting Rhoose Barry Atkinson St.Athan Barry Atkinson St.Brides Major Cllr.Pat Bevan Morgan Cllr.Kathleen Mepham Cllr.Peter Mepham St.Donats John Morgan St.Georges & St.Brides Maureen Glover St.Nicholas Wendy Lowe Suzanne Palmer Sully Cllr.Raymond Cox Cllr.Janice Bolland Welsh St.Donats Liam Ginn Vicky Pearce Wenvoe Stephen Jones Wick Cllr.Philip Thomas Pauline Thomas

Other contributors Lindsay Cuddy Sue Gell Oliver Leonard Gareth Scott Bev Searle Peter D J Thomas Janet West Chris Williams

vi Explanation of entries

Community

Treasure name Treasure reference

Monument reference VoG ref Cadw ref

Photograph Map

Summary description

Community The community in which the treasure can be found Treasure Name The name of the treasure. This is broken down to include the locality, the street and the individual building where applicable. Treasure Unique reference number for each treasure. Reference Monument Reference number given to scheduled monuments by Cadw. Listed Building Reference numbers given to listed buildings by the Vale of Glamorgan Council and Cadw. OS Grid The eastings and northings of each treasure. Photograph A photograph of each treasure. Map A map of each treasure. Summary A brief description of each treasure. Description

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St Nicholas and Bonvilston

St Nicholas and Bonvilston Bonvilston - A48 - Bonvilston Cottage

Treasure 1023 Monument OS Grid E 306399 Listed Building 21.01.01 16319 OS Grid N 174014

6 4 Stonecourt

he Coach 4 T 5 House St Mary's Church The Bonvilston Malthouse Cottage BM 96.23m

Maesglas Tudor Lodge 8 A 4 Maesglas A 48

84.4m Church Cottage MP Hall Ty-Mawr

Field Cottage

Stanford Cottage

aldon Cottage

Good example of a large late Georgian house. Two-storey with rendered elevations and slated hipped roof with two gable stacks and three axial. Of oblong plan with central ridge and hipped wing running North-South at the West end.

St Nicholas and Bonvilston Bonvilston - Church Cottage

Treasure 2484 Monument OS Grid E 306435

Listed Building OS Grid N 173984

6 4 Wo Stonecourt oach 4 The C 5 Lo House St Mary's Church The Bonv ilston Malthouse Cottage BM 96.23m

Plasne

Maesglas Tudor Lodge 8 A 4 Maesglas A 48

84.4m Church Cottage Hall Ty-Ma wr

age

An important thatched cottage thought to date from mid C17. It possesses many features, now sensitively restored.

1 St Nicholas and Bonvilston Bonvilston - Church of St. Mary - Churchyard Cross

Treasure 1024 Monument OS Grid E 306465

Listed Building 21.03,03 16320 OS Grid N 174015

6 4 Woodlan

he Coach 4 T 5 Lodge House St Mary's Church The Bonvilston Malthouse Cottage BM 96.23m

Plasnewydd

e 8 A 4

A 48

Church Cottage

Ty-Mawr

Four stepped medieval base constructed in limestone block topped by plain C20 cross of Forest of Dean sandstone. Restored by public subscription as a memorial to the men of the parish who died in the Great War 1914-1918. The names of five servicemen are inscribed on the replacement block of the top step of the cross facing South. Designed by William Clarke of Llandaff.

St Nicholas and Bonvilston Bonvilston - Church of St. Mary the Virgin

Treasure 1467 Monument OS Grid E 306450

Listed Building 21.01.02 13636 OS Grid N 174009

6 4 ourt Wo he Coach 4 T 5 L House St Mary's Church The Bonvilston Malthouse Cottage BM 96.23m

Plasnew

Lodge 8 A 4 as A 48

Church Cottage

Ty-Mawr

Church of C12 origins with the tower added in the C15. Extensively restored and rebuilt in 1863 to designs by Messrs Prichard and Seddon, architects of Cardiff, who reconstructed the nave, chancel, North transept and porch in Early English style. It is understood that the church was in a ruinous state prior to restoration.

2 St Nicholas and Bonvilston Bonvilston - Great House (Ty Mawr)

Treasure 1468 Monument OS Grid E 306468 Listed Building 21.01.05 13603 OS Grid N 173982

Hou St Mary's Church The Bonvilston Malthouse Cottage BM 96.23m

Plasnewydd

8 A 4

A 48

Church Cottage

Ty-Mawr

Fine two storey house of early C19 origins with slated valley roof and stuccoed elevations, four gable end rendered stacks. Front elevation of three bays, approximately symmetrical with central doorway. Distinctive front portico carried on Ionic pillars with flat entablature. A fine historic interior of strong early C19 character remains. Dressed stone obelisk bollards to front with decorative chain link.

St Nicholas and Bonvilston Bonvilston - Plasnewydd

Treasure 2490 Monument OS Grid E 306541 Listed Building OS Grid N 173998

Bolston 6

4 Red

4 Woodlands

5 Lion Lodge (Inn) St Mary's Church 98.8m The 100.6m BM 96.23m Malthouse nd 1 Natla 4

Lion d 4 Plasnewydd Re Cottages

8 A 4 6400 48 Ty N e w yd d

Ty-Ma wr

Built at the beginning of the C20 for a member of the Cardiff based Macintosh family, the house displays fine detailing of the Arts and Crafts period, with heavy gabled roofs, leaded lights to windows and decorative rendered and random stone elevations.

3 St Nicholas and Bonvilston Bonvilston - Red Lion

Treasure 2487 Monument OS Grid E 306641

Listed Building OS Grid N 174052 1

1 a 11

Bolston

Red

W oodlands Lion 7 Lodge (Inn)

98.8m The Thatc The Old Forge 100.6m

land 1 Nat 4

Red Lion ewyd d 4 Cottages

Ty Newydd 6400

An early public house set hard against the road and occupying a central position in the village.

St Nicholas and Bonvilston Bonvilston - Red Lion Cottages

Treasure 2488 Monument OS Grid E 306625 Listed Building OS Grid N 174025

Bolston

Red

W oodlands Lion 7 Lodge (Inn)

98.8m The Old Forge 100.6m

atland 1 N 4

ed Lion R 4 Plasnewydd Cottages

Ty Newydd 6400

C19 estate cottages built in coursed limestone and displaying rustic decoration within timber porches, arched brick window openings and vents.

4 St Nicholas and Bonvilston Bonvilston - Sheep Court Farm

Treasure 2485 Monument OS Grid E 307042 Listed Building OS Grid N 174111

Court Farm Sheep Court Sycamore

Hill Cottage

Sheepcourt Cottage 30m BM 96.

1 Pond 100.3m A 48 A 48 lte r 95.7m 95.4m 4 2 Sheep Court Cottages

Bonvilston Sheep Court Tresimwn) Cottages 0700

0500 A C19 farm house with attractive stone farm buildings within adjoining farm complex.

St Nicholas and Bonvilston Bonvilston - Sheeps Court Cottage

Treasure 2486 Monument OS Grid E 307142 Listed Building OS Grid N 174098

Sheep Court Syc amore C ott age

6.1 10 BM H ill C ott age

Sheepcourt Cottage .30 m BM 96

104.9m A 48 95.7m 95.4m Sheep Court Cottages

0700

A thatched cottage set high on an embankment which marks the eastern limits of the village.

5 St Nicholas and Bonvilston Bonvilston - Village Farm - Farmhouse

Treasure 1025 Monument OS Grid E 306736 Listed Building 21.01.04 16321 OS Grid N 174066

9 1

1 2

1 1

1 a

11 5 LB Red S

99.1m Lion 7 (Inn)

tage ched Cot The That Forge The Old rm Old Fa 100.6m

The Old 1 Barn ( ed Lion

ottages 4

400

Substantial two storey farmhouse of early C18 origins with C19 alterations. Aligned on due East - West axis the building appears to have been two dwellings in the past. Limewashed elevations of local coursed limestone rubble, beneath a thatched roof.

St Nicholas and Bonvilston Bonvislton - Bonvilston House - Woodland Lodge, Gate Piers and Remnants of Stables Treasure 2489 Monument OS Grid E 306560

Listed Building OS Grid N 174035 2 VIL

Woodlands

1 2

1 4

Bolston 6

4 Red

Woodlands 4 Lion 7 5 Lodge (Inn) St Mary's Church 98.8m The Ol d For The 100.6m BM 96.23m Malthouse nd 1 Natla 4

Red Lion Plasnewydd 4 Cottages

8 A 4

A 48 Ty Newydd 6400

Church Cottage Ty-Mawr

Woodland Lodge, designed in 1840 by David Vaughn. The Lodge and gate piers provide evidence of the impressive entrance to the former Bonvilston House. The construction of a later upper storey has altered its former classical proportions, although the original detail remains at ground floor. The stables remain deep within the Village Farm housing estate. Built of coursed limestone, the stone arched entrance is a startling feature within the domestic layout of the Village Farm estate.

6 St Nicholas and Bonvilston Dyffryn - Doghill Moated Site

Treasure 2365 Monument 21/1021/GM069 (GLA) OS Grid E 309260 Listed Building OS Grid N 171959

F e m o H u Doghill Farm Foot Bridge B

1800

Moat 2695 Silo

Doghill Farm

R C

CS Well

3686

A near-square moated raised platform, 31.5-33m across, 46-48m overall, the moat having been embanked on the N and W side, and fed by a leat (reported as destroyed 1978) at the SW angle. Worleton was a possible seat of the Bishop of Llandaff in 1332.

St Nicholas and Bonvilston Dyffryn - Dyffryn Gardens

Treasure 2459 Monument OS Grid E 309542 Listed Building OS Grid N 172283

Issues Drain Riv er W 1200 1900 0003 Coe d Sion Hy wel a 0003 yco 0006ck 1200 1900 00030003 Na n t-b ra n

C 6393 R

56.7m

F F Po nd s 00860086 n ra B t n a N 54.9m

Track R d T 2475 iv n r er a W U D c a r k a ck y a i Tr coc n ck k ra T 1271Lime Kiln T T r rack a c k k ac 57.3m Tr Sion Hywel T ra 0066 c k n ra B T k t r T Ponds n a Pu m p ing Sta tio n a c N k Issues 0052 C Well R Pond Issues Sl 50.0mWeir Weir BM 49.08m SluicePo nd 7056 Track Fn Po nd Water

Tra d ck Re se rvoirs n

U 0244 62.5m 0042 0041 73.8m

7 834 Dyffryn Education Centre

P Fn Und C 66.1m Chambered Pond Sun 0028 Long Cairn Issues T Dial r 0028 a Dyffryn c Ga rd e n s Issues k in Pond Dra 7726 65.8mGP Fn P 8125 C 0723 y Graig Sinks PondUn d 0200 h P c d C w T l n o r a g U n c y k n fr i f 3715 ra 50.0m y D D P C

k Issues c o c 0010 Undy D 0010 a n ra i W Sewage in R a Be d r r e C D v i R x o Issues B r te The gardens of Dyffryn are the grandest and most outstanding Edwardian gardens in Wales. They are comparable to some of the most extravagant gardens of the period in Britain. They are the result of a remarkable partnership between two outstanding men of their generation - the owner and horticulturist Reginald Cory and the landscape architect Thomas Mawson. The structure of the gardens, combining the expansively formal and intricately intimate, survives almost in its entirety, with some later modifications within the general framework. Within the gardens are many notable trees, including some very early introductions. Listed Grade I in Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Interest in Wales.

7 St Nicholas and Bonvilston Dyffryn - Dyffryn House

Treasure 1029 Monument OS Grid E 309545 Listed Building 21.02.01 13469 OS Grid N 172409

Fn Pond

Dyffryn Education Centre

Fn Und P Pond Sun C Dial Dyffryn Gd Built 1891-3 for John Cory, the well known local industrialist and philanthropist; by architect E.A. Landsdowne of Newport. There had been an Elizabethan house on the site, successively owned by the Button and Pryce Families. Dyffryn is principally renowned for its gardens, which were laid out for Reginald Cory (John's son) by Thomas Mawson, the internationally known and prolific garden designer; work began in 1904-5. After Cory's death Dyffryn was sold in 1937 and purchased by Sir Cennydd Traherne who leased the property to the County Council. Some internal alterations were carried out in conversion to a conference centre.

St Nicholas and Bonvilston Dyffryn - Dyffryn House - Fountain to South (Partly in Wenvoe Community) Treasure 1030 Monument OS Grid E 309516 Listed Building 21.02.02.02 13470 OS Grid N 172260

Dyffryn Education Centre

Fn Und P Pond Sun C Dial Dyffryn Pond Gardens Fn

Pond Und

a d

c n

k U

3715 in ra D

Oriental-style ornamental fountain. Large, Chinese style, bronze fountain. Scalloped cup with dragon, from whose mouth water flows, and lion's faces below. The whole has a gadrooned base.

8 St Nicholas and Bonvilston Dyffryn - Dyffryn House - Pompeian Garden

Treasure 1031 Monument OS Grid E 309461 Listed Building 21.02.03 13471 OS Grid N 172303

Dyffryn Education Centre

Fn Und P C Pond Sun Dial Dyffryn Pond Gardens

Pond Und

C Enclosed sunken garden in a strongly Italian Classical manner and constructed of pre-cast concrete. Dated 1909 (over doorway at North West end) the Pompeian Garden was built at a time of great interest in Italian and Classical gardens resulting in a number of important publications. This example compares favourably with the contemporary Pompeian Wall at Hever Castle, Kent built between 1905-1908 to designs by W.W. Astor and Frank Pearson.

St Nicholas and Bonvilston Dyffryn - Dyffryn House - Walled Garden

Treasure 1032 Monument OS Grid E 309418 Listed Building 21.02.04 13472 OS Grid N 172423

Pond

Dyffryn Education Centre

Fn Und Pond Sun Dial Shown on Thomas Mawson's 1926 plan as the Kitchen Garden this garden is enclosed on three sides by rubble walls, with flat coping, the fourth side to the North West is formed by modern glass houses. Said to incorporate remains of the walled garden to the Elizabethan house that was on the site before the present house was built in 1891-3.

9 St Nicholas and Bonvilston Dyffryn - Dyffryn Lodge

Treasure 14 Monument OS Grid E 309605 Listed Building OS Grid N 172894

Pond

Issues

6393 C

56.7m

North Lodge F F

54.9m

R ive r W d a n yc U ock

57.3m

Ponds

U F n ra Stone-built single storey building. Originally thatched, now tiled. Original building has thatched porch with 'eyebrow' features.

St Nicholas and Bonvilston St. Nicholas - Button Ride

Treasure 1345 Monument OS Grid E 309306 Listed Building OS Grid N 173934

E S 1

LO 0 N C RY FF LB DY 102.7m N

F 1 2200 YF 2 D E OS

1 6

1 102.7m

B U T T O N R I D 8 E

Row of attractive cottage-type houses built in the mid 1950's. Run of eight links with all except the two end houses having shared alleyway access to the rear of the property built by Cardiff Rural District Council as an extension to Duffryn Close to provide additional rented accommodation. The houses are white painted with traditional small tiled roofs. The windows are small-paned having casement openings on main window blocks. All window and door openings conform to the original design although some have been replaced with modern alternatives. Compact box hedges front the properties, in keeping with the original outline plan. This development reflects some of the best design in council house building of the early-post World War II council house construction. See also 24.

10 St Nicholas and Bonvilston St. Nicholas - Police Station

Treasure 1612 Monument OS Grid E Listed Building OS Grid N

g o f w olas) a u 115.2m n s

Emmav ille 117.7m Green The Ga r th Meadow

Benacre E a L s o t s l e And M a i l f o e r s Police d Station ant eas Cedar Parc Ph e T is r R a c k

Fairmead Th e Lodge Sycamores

One of the earliest Police Stations built in the Vale of Glamorgan, originally with a court room attached. The court room was demolished in the 1970s. The Police Station still functions.

St Nicholas and Bonvilston St. Nicholas - Westways

Treasure 1317 Monument OS Grid E 309025 Listed Building OS Grid N 174294

o r

c 4 w g h illa V use El ho arm

ub Sta 1 St F Nicolas ' Church C Church o t Lych Gate t Rise a 117.0m g e Ty-to - gwellt

BM Fernley 1 rchard 116.88m War Meml ottage

Old Scho ol House Westways TCB Old Shel C in W Primary Post School Office LB Mwndans

4 8 A 4 Pikel 1 D

ouse A Row Mano Smith Hall E

M 8 A 4 S Smithy N

S 1

W f B

o A G l y a Smithy

T c M k 3 H s o m u i s t e h Holly House Design influenced by Arts and Crafts movement. Other buildings in this style are visible in Village Farm, Church Hall and Church Hall House. This building was erected on the site of the Traveller's Rest by Miss Cory as a coffee tavern to meet the needs of travellers and those wishing to stay overnight.

11 St Nicholas and Bonvilston St. Nicholas - Brook Lane - Mwddlescwm

Treasure 1622 Monument OS Grid E 308838 Listed Building OS Grid N 174034

Conife rs The Court The Spinney Westwinds

Oxendon

The Rectory Tennis Cour t Anwy lfa n

B 9909

8006

The Chase

7100 The Chase

Ruins of a cottage which was known to have been built prior to 1788 when William Thomas lived there. This site features on the Tithe Map of 1838 and the name is thought to derive from the ancient Welsh for "Valley of the Tumps" - a "tump" was an ancient anthill, some of which can still be seen. This site also features on census returns through the years, sometimes being named "Muddlescombe". The recorded reminiscences of an old local resident recall the story of Mary of Mwddlescwm (second wife to John Jenkins 1861-1881) who was renowned for being able to carry a container from the village well at the bottom of Well Lane, to Mwddlescwm without spilling a drop.

St Nicholas and Bonvilston St. Nicholas - Church Hall

Treasure 1028 Monument OS Grid E 309017 Listed Building 21.02.11 13463 OS Grid N 174252

Ty t o s gwellt

BM Fernley 1 Orchard 116.88m War Meml Cottage

Old School House Westways TCB Old Shelte C in W Prim ary Post School Office LB Mwndans

4 8 A 4 Pikel 1 D

ouse A Row Manor h E Smit Hall

A 48 S Smithy N

O 1 S

of B W G l A

Ty a Smithy

c M k 3 H s o m u s it e h Holly House s

Laburnum House

Church Hall to St. Nicholas Church. In the Arts and Crafts style (possibly in the style of G. Halliday - also said to be of the office of William Frame). Single storey hall to the East with two storey tower and house to the West. See also 1037.

12 St Nicholas and Bonvilston St. Nicholas - Church Hall House

Treasure 1037 Monument OS Grid E 309025 Listed Building 21.02.15 16326 OS Grid N 174258

gwellt BM Fernley Orchard 116.88m War Meml Cottage

Old School House Westways TC B Old S C in W Primary Post School Office LB Mwndans

4 8 A 4 Pikel 1 House D Row A h E Smit Hall

M 8 A 4 S Smithy N

O 1 S

of B W G l A

Ty a Smithy

c M k 3 H s o m u s it e h s Holly Hou

Laburnum

In the Arts and Crafts style (possibly in the style of G. Halliday - also said to be of the office of William Frame). Single storey hall to E with two storey tower and house to the west. See also 1028.

St Nicholas and Bonvilston St. Nicholas - Church of St. Nicholas

Treasure 1033 Monument OS Grid E 309021 Listed Building 21.02.05 13636 OS Grid N 174365

s Swn-y-eCoed

Hellas

S N h 1 A a L l L d - r Y 4 a - 3 R E G 1

bach C ick r 1

D o r Southways Me es 4 e e ag r d tt y Co n C BM 119.93m h

R u r o

c e 4 g w h la Vil se El hou arm

Sta 1 St F Nicolas' Church Church Lych Gate Rise 117.0m Ty-to- gwellt BM Fernley hard 116.88m War M e m l age

Old School House Westways iWPi TCB Old An example of a substantial parish church of C11 or earlier origin. In "Notes on Churches of Llandaff" Rev. C.A.H. Green notes that this church was valued at £10 in 1254. The church comprises: chancel, nave, West tower, South porch and South chapel. Heavily restored and extensively modified by Messrs. Parry, contractors of Llandaff from designs by and under the supervision of Messrs. Prichard and Seddon, architects of Cardiff. The restoration was completed in 1860.

13 St Nicholas and Bonvilston St. Nicholas - Church of St. Nicholas - Cory family Chest Tomb

Treasure 1035 Monument OS Grid E 308994 Listed Building 21.02.06 16322 OS Grid N 174374

o d

Meyrick House M o Longridge u s Swn-y-eCoed

Hellas

h 1 a

l d

r 4 a 3 G 1 C k Tw yn b a c h ric D o er Southways e M s e d ge r tta y Co n BM 119.93m C

h u R r

o c 4 w h El

Sub Sta 1 St Nicolas ' Church Church Lych Gate Rise 117.0m Ty-t o - gwellt BM Fer Orchard 116.88m War Meml Cottage

Old School House Early C20 chest tomb in grey Quarella stone in the High Gothic Revival style. Tomb houses the remains of John and Anna Cory and other members of their family who were well known industrialists that resided at Dyffryn House. The central panel is inscribed with the Cory coat of arms and the words "Virtu Sempre Viridis". The tomb has adjacent access to the crypt. Of importance because of the family connections with St Nicholas.

St Nicholas and Bonvilston St. Nicholas - Dyffryn Close

Treasure 24 Monument OS Grid E 309309 Listed Building OS Grid N 174013

A N

RO EE B GR 4

d ounge P tta Co

1 6

2200

SE 1

LO 0 N C RY FF LB DY 102.7m

YN 1 FR 2 YF 2200 D E OS

1 6

1 102.7m

A post-war cul-de-sac. Comprising 16 houses. Originally built by Cardiff Rural District Council, in order to provide additional rented accommodation. The houses are white painted with traditional small tiled roofs. The windows are small paned having casement openings on main window blocks. All window and door openings conform to the original design although some have been replaced with modern alternatives. Designed by architects Bruton and Mace, Number 14 was a "show house" and the only one to have been equipped with parquet flooring. Many of the properties are now in private ownership. Have been recognised as good examples of post-war secular architecture. Button Ride was constructed as an expansion of Duffryn Close. See also 1345.

14 St Nicholas and Bonvilston St. Nicholas - Dyffryn Lane - Stone Stile

Treasure 21 Monument OS Grid E 309195 Listed Building OS Grid N 174097

F F

Y N

N E The Pound

1 101.5m

Y WA AD N

RO EE B GR 4

d oun e P ttag Co

Stone stile, constructed from a single stone with additional steps to the sides.

St Nicholas and Bonvilston St. Nicholas - Llaneinydd

Treasure 2 Monument OS Grid E 308900 Listed Building OS Grid N 174285

y n C BM 119.9 h R u

o 4 r c w El h

Sub Sta 1 N C Tr e g w yn t L 117.0m Ty-to- gwellt BM Orchard 116.88m Cottage White Old School House Gables Wes C in WSchool Primary

Tua'r Gaer Mwndans Llaneinydd 4 48 h Pikel 1 A House w h Ro Ha Smit A 48 Pwll-sarn Smithy

112.5m of B G l Smithy Ty a c H k o s u m s e i The th Orchard s

House designed by renowned South Wales architect, Sir Percy Thomas for J.Trefil Morgan, Chairman of Cardiff department store, David Morgan Ltd. This building was constructed in the 1930s when use of materials was limited. It is constructed loosely in the Arts and Crafts style.

St Nicholas and Bonvilston St. Nicholas - Pwllsarn - Mounting Block

Treasure 1614 Monument OS Grid E 308804 Listed Building OS Grid N 174246

Tregwynt

Ty-to- gwellt

Orchard Cottage

Old Hedges White Old Schoo Gables C in W ScPrihm

Tua'r Gaer

Llaneinydd

Sarn-bach Pikel House BM 116.70m Ashdene A 48 Pwll- sa rn 112.5m G Hafod Wen Ty

115.8m The Orchard Cattle Grid El Sub Sta

Jalna

Conifers The C ourt The Spinney

Te n n i s The Rectory Court Mounting block. Stone-built mounting block which has been "updated" by the addition of a wooden surface, when the structure was used as a stand for milk churns.

St Nicholas and Bonvilston St. Nicholas - Smiths Row - Number 3 (aka Blacksmiths Cottages) Treasure 1036 Monument OS Grid E 308979 Listed Building 21.02.07 16323 OS Grid N 174267

Ty- to- gwellt BM Orchard 116.88m War Mem l Cottage

Old School House WestwaysTCB Old C in W Primary Post School Office LB Mwndans

4 48 Pikel A House 1 D Row A h E Smit Hall

M 8 A 4 S

N Smithy

S 1

of B W G A Ty la Sm ithy c M k H s o m u s it e h s

Terrace of three thatched cottages forming a picturesque example of Vale of Glamorgan vernacular building and illustrating organic development from the early C17 and early C18. Two storeys with elevations of limewashed rubble beneath a thatched roof with "eyebrows" over the first floor windows.

17 St Nicholas and Bonvilston St. Nicholas - Smiths Row - Number 4 (aka Blacksmiths Cottages) Treasure 2212 Monument OS Grid E 308990 Listed Building 21.02.13 16324 OS Grid N 174270

gwellt BM Orchard 116.88m War Meml Cottage

Old School House Westways TCB Old C in W Primary Post School Office LB Mwnd an s

4 8 A 4 Pikel 1 House w D o A ith R Hall Sm E

M A 48 S Smithy

O 1 S

of B W G l A Ty a Smithy c M k H s o m u i t s h e s

St Nicholas and Bonvilston St. Nicholas - Smiths Row - Number 5 (aka Blacksmiths Cottages) Treasure 2213 Monument OS Grid E 308999 Listed Building 21.02.14 16325 OS Grid N 174273

gwellt BM Orchard 116.88m War Meml Cottage

Old School House Westways TCB Old C in W Primary Post School Office LB Mwndans

4 8 A 4 Pikel 1 House w D o A ith R Hall Sm E

M A 48 S Smithy

O 1 S

of B W G l A Ty a Smithy c M

k H s 3 o m u i t s h e s

18 St Nicholas and Bonvilston St. Nicholas - St. Nicholas Church - Pillar Box

Treasure 1027 Monument OS Grid E 309043 Listed Building 21.02.10 13426 OS Grid N 174289

Nicolas

Church C M o Church a t Lych Gate t n Rise a o g r 117.0m e s

BM Fernley 1 116.88m War Meml

ol House WestwaysTCB Old Shelte mary Post hool Office LB Mwndans

4 8 A 4 1 D Row A Manor H h E Smit Hall M 8 S

N Smithy

O 1 S

f B W o A G l

y a Sm ithy

c M k 3 H s o m u it HllH Circular iron pillar box of standard early C20 design. Fluted rim to shallow domed cap supporting curved bracket with oval Post Office direction sign. "Post Office" lettering to frieze with letter opening, moulded base. Curved door with collection plate over crowned "GR" (King George V) monogram.

St Nicholas and Bonvilston St. Nicholas - St. Nicholas Church - Telephone Call-Box

Treasure 1026 Monument OS Grid E 309042 Listed Building 21.02.09 13425 OS Grid N 174291

Nicolas'

Church C M o Church a t Lych Gate t n Rise a o g r 117.0m e s

BM Fernley 1 116.88m War Mem l

ool House W estways TCB Old She lte imary Post chool Office LB Mwndans

4 8 A 4 1 D ow A Manor H h R E Smit Hall M 8 4 S

N Smithy

O 1 S

f B W Go A

y la Sm ithy

T c M k 3 H s o m

K-6 type square, red kiosk of cast iron construction to the standard design of Giles Gilbert Scott, architect of London.

19 St Nicholas and Bonvilston St. Nicholas - St. Nicholas Church - Village Pump

Treasure 1313 Monument OS Grid E 309025 Listed Building OS Grid N 174393

e d w o o d Meyrick House M Longridge o u s Swn-ye-Coed

S N h 1 A a L l d L - 4 r Y a - 3 R E G 1

C k ric D o er Southways e M es e d ag r tt y o n C

C BM 119.93m

h R u r o c

4 w h la Vil rm

Fa 1 St Nicolas' Church Church Lych Gate Rise Cast iron pump at site of well, just outside the north east corner of the churchyard. Was used by villagers to obtain water in the time before there was piped water.

St Nicholas and Bonvilston St. Nicholas - St. Nicholas Church - War Memorial

Treasure 1613 Monument OS Grid E 309050 Listed Building OS Grid N 174322

C BM 119.93m h u R r

o c 4 ge w h illa e V us ho rm St Fa Nicolas'

Church C Church o t t Lych Gate Rise a g 117.0m e s

BM Fernley 1 116.88m War Meml

Westways Old Shel TCB Post Office LB Mwndans

4 8 A 4 y War Memorial erected following WW1, this columnar memorial surmounted by a Celtic-style cross is a focal point on the village green.

20 St Nicholas and Bonvilston St. Nicholas - The Three Tuns

Treasure 1034 Monument OS Grid E 309183 Listed Building 21.02.08 13637 OS Grid N 174337

- Y -

1 4

1 H 2 a f o d Benacre age ill e T V us h ho e rm Highdene Fa C r o Th r e e f Tun s t

C M o a t t n Th e a o a g r he e Coach P s R House Th r e e Tu n s

Cottage

ey 1 2

tage The Shelter Cot Sycamores Tuns 114.9m Shelter Broadway House

Picturesque thatched building now a private dwelling but at one time a magistrates meeting house in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Later an inn which was closed by Mr Cory, because he decided that drink was bad for the good folk of St. Nicholas.

St Nicholas and Bonvilston St. Nicholas - Trehill - Mounting Block

Treasure 30 Monument OS Grid E 308648 Listed Building OS Grid N 174223

BM 116.70m Ashdene Trehill Gates End Cott House Trehill Hafod Wen

Trehill House 115.8m dge Cattle Grid

Jalna Knottsberry

Conifers

Stone mounting block built outside the house at Trehill. This property was once an Inn named "Price's Arms". Rough, random stone built, topped with hard, slate-like capstones. Front stones have been previously limewashed. Attractive feature enhanced by sympathetic planting.

21 St Nicholas and Bonvilston St. Nicholas - Trehill Cottage

Treasure 1326 Monument OS Grid E 308618 Listed Building OS Grid N 174237

q 115.2m Church

arnwood BM 116.70m A Trehill Gates End House Cott Trehill e Hafod W en

Trehill House 115.8m Trehill Lodge Cattle Grid

Knottsberry

Thatched house. Originally a cottage for farm labourers attached to Trehill Farm, it has been substantially renovated and extended.

St Nicholas and Bonvilston St. Nicholas - Trehill Presbyterian Chapel

Treasure 20 Monument OS Grid E 308628 Listed Building OS Grid N 174272

Th e Ma n s e

Tarquin Old Hedges 115.2m Church

harnwood BM 116.70m Ashdene Tr e h i l l Gates End Cott House Trehill se Hafod Wen

Trehill House 115.8m Trehill Lodge Cattle Grid

Chapel. Originally built as a Calvinistic Methodist church, founded in 1739 to 1740 by Howell Harris. Now a Presbyterian Church of Wales.

22 St Nicholas and Bonvilston St. Nicholas - Ty To Gwellt

Treasure 5 Monument OS Grid E 308944 Listed Building OS Grid N 174340

4 3

1 C k Twynbach ric C in W D o er s e e M ge r d tta Prim ary School y Co n BM 119.93m C

h u R r o c

4 w h El

Sub Sta 1 St Nicolas ' Church Lych Gat 117.0m Ty- to - gwellt BM Orchard 116.88m War M Cottage

White Old School House Westways Gables C in W Prim ary TCB School O LB er Mwndans Llaneinydd

4 48 Pikel A 19th century two storey stone built cottage. Of interest as part of a group of buildings around the church. It housed the Post Office during 1950 to 1960. The building was thatched until the mid C20. Its name derives from the Welsh "house with grass roof".

St Nicholas and Bonvilston St. Nicholas - Village Farm - Farmhouse

Treasure 1022 Monument OS Grid E 309081 Listed Building OS Grid N 174354

S N 1 h 1 A 0 a L l L d - r Y 4 a - R E

Southways 1 1 4

1 1

BM 119.93m 2

e c ag h ill e V ous mh St Far Thre Nicolas' Tun

Church C M o Church a t Lych Gate t n Rise a o The g r 117.0m e Coach s

House Fernley 1

m War Meml 2 t Cot TunsShe 114.9m WestwaysTCB Old Shelter Post Office

C17 farmhouse of at least two, possibly three, phases. Alterations in C19 and modern renovation. Influenced by Arts and Crafts movement, central village location reflecting local vernacular as in Westways and Church Hall House.

23 St Nicholas and Bonvilston Outlying - Coed y Cwm Chambered Cairn

Treasure 2367 Monument 21/0741/GM116 (GLA) OS Grid E 308119 Listed Building OS Grid N 173807

3178

Silo Stones Pond

Issues Pond

Pond 3470

Coed y Cwm

T Ringwork

n i a r D

A group of four tabular limestone blocks, associated with a possible mound. Excavation, 1936 (Daniels 1937) suggested that the stones constituted a natural feature, although a handaxe was recovered.

St Nicholas and Bonvilston Outlying - Coed y Cwm Ringwork

Treasure 2368 Monument 21/0741/GM117 (GLA) OS Grid E 308275 Listed Building OS Grid N 173671

nes Pond

Issues Pond

3470

Coed y Cwm

Ringwork

A sub-circular enclosure, about 27-29.5m in diameter, defined by a strong bank and ditch: excavations, 1963, 1964-5, revealed some structural elements, associated with 12th century pottery.

24 St Nicholas and Bonvilston Outlying - Cottrell Castle Mound

Treasure 2369 Monument 21/0741/GM117 (GLA) OS Grid E 308090 Listed Building OS Grid N 174506

121.3m

Motte

Pond

Golf Course

A flat-topped circular mound, 20m in diameter and 1.8m high, with traces of an encircling ditch, possibly counterscarped. An episode of levelling and planting is recorded in 1862.

St Nicholas and Bonvilston Outlying - Cottrell Lodge

Treasure 1038 Monument OS Grid E 307934 Listed Building 21.02.12 16327 OS Grid N 174182

Well Pond

Cottrell Lodge Pond

A 48 Ponds A 48 94.5m

Pond

Picturesque lodge of one and a half storeys with elevations of local coursed limestone rubble beneath a long straw thatched roof. Single storey lean-to extension to western end with slated roof. Formerly the lodge to Cottrell House (since demolished).

25 St Nicholas and Bonvilston Outlying - Cottrell Ringwork

Treasure 2366 Monument 21/0769/GM096 (GLA) OS Grid E 308481 Listed Building OS Grid N 174719

6283

5076

4576

Pillar Y Gaer BM 133.13m Ringwork and Bailey

121.3m

Ta n k

5861

Scheduled Ancient Monument - Also on the site is a second monument - Y Gaer. See also 1350.

St Nicholas and Bonvilston Outlying - Tinkinswood Burial Chamber

Treasure 1559 Monument 21/2034/GM009 (GLA) G OS Grid E 309209 Listed Building OS Grid N 173307

ck Tra

P 1932

Chambered Long Cairn

Standing Stones

Burial Chambers

Believed to be around 6,000 years old, the communal burial chamber is one of two in the area, and when excavated in 1914 the remains of 50 bodies were found.

26 St Nicholas and Bonvilston Outlying - Y Gaer

Treasure 1350 Monument 21/0825/GM079 (GLA) OS Grid E 306345 Listed Building OS Grid N 174736

T k CH H f e D Lilly pot Fa rm CH

Po nd s

Gaer Wood E D H C B d

Y Gaer

Pond T r a

c 0060 2960 k

3948

Fairly complete example of a dark ages camp. In the year 1762, a large bed of iron cinder was discovered beneath which some Roman coins of Antonius Pivi and an earthen jar embossed with greyhounds, hares etc, were found. The Gaer occupies the summit of a ridge where advantage has been taken of the ground to defend an oblong rectangular space by a steep scarp surmounted by a vallum. The entrance seems to have been on the eastern side. It is situated about one third of a mile from the old Roman road, the Via Julia. Tradition states that Cromwell is said to have attacked Peterstone Castle from this place. Possibly it may have been at this time that he spent the night in the old Manor House in St Nicholas. Legend says too that there is a subterranean passage from the Gaer to St Fagans Castle. Note the distinctive Scots Pines and other trees, which are visible from a wide area, including the wind farm at Brynna.