Memorial to Bishop Ollivant in the Cathedral Churchyard, Llandaff, Cardiff

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.4961 / 51°29'46"N

Longitude: -3.218 / 3°13'4"W

OS Eastings: 315540

OS Northings: 178170

OS Grid: ST155781

Mapcode National: GBR K7F.DM

Mapcode Global: VH6F6.5NLF

Plus Code: 9C3RFQWJ+FQ

Entry Name: Memorial to Bishop Ollivant in the Cathedral Churchyard

Listing Date: 30 June 2003

Last Amended: 30 June 2003

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 81272

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300081272

Location: On the north side of the Cathedral beside the Prebendal House.

County: Cardiff

Town: Cardiff

Community: Llandaff (Llandaf)

Community: Llandaff

Built-Up Area: Cardiff

Traditional County: Glamorgan

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History

Alfred Ollivant was Bishop of Llandaff 1849-82. He was the first Bishop in several centuries to take up permanent residence in the diocese and was responsible for Landaff Court (qv The Cathedral School) becoming the Bishop's Palace in 1850. He gave great encouragement to the restoration of the Cathedral, working together with Dean Conybeare. He was also responsible for a vast programme of church building throughout the diocese as industrialisation created new communities.

Exterior

Tall roughly dressed sandstone Celtic cross on a stepped base and with a tapered square shaft. The shaft is inscribed ''A D 1882 This cross commemorates the residence in the Cathedral City for 33 years of Alfred Ollivant Bishop of Llandaff and of his family ''.

Reasons for Listing

Included for its historic interest as the memorial to Bishop Ollivant the most important of the C19 Bishops of Llandaff, during whose time the restoration of the Cathedral was undertaken.

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Prebendal House
Sited below the west end of the Cathedral beside the mill-stream.
II Bridge to north extension of Graveyard of Cathedral of SS Peter and Paul
Joining the Cathedral Churchyard to the North Churchyard over the old millstream.
I Cathedral Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Sited below and to the north of the plateau which carries the village but forming a striking object from every direction as the most prominent building in north-west Cardiff.
II Garden Wall and Gatepiers of Cathedral Court
At the north-west end of The Cathedral Green and part of the important group of buildings surrounding it.
II The Dean's Steps
On the north-east side of The Cathedral Green and part of the important group of buildings surrounding it.
II Memorial Cross to Dean William Conybeare
In the Cathedral Churchyard outside the south choir aisle.
II Memorial to Richard Prichard in the Cathedral
In the Cathedral Churchyard outside the south wall of the Lady Chapel.
II Churchyard Wall to south-east of the Cathedral Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Running along the street frontage of the Cathedral Churchyard.

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Memorial to Bishop Ollivant in the Cathedral Churchyard

A Grade II Listed Building in Llandaff, Cardiff