Walled Garden at Dyffryn House, St. Nicholas and Bonvilston (Sain Nicolas a Thresimwn), Vale of Glamorgan

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.4434 / 51°26'36"N

Longitude: -3.3046 / 3°18'16"W

OS Eastings: 309426

OS Northings: 172403

OS Grid: ST094724

Mapcode National: GBR HR.NCGW

Mapcode Global: VH6FB.NZVD

Plus Code: 9C3RCMVW+85

Entry Name: Walled Garden at Dyffryn House

Listing Date: 14 September 1992

Last Amended: 31 July 1995

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 13472

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300013472

Location: Set in the slope to W of Dyffryn House on a NE/SW axis. Dyffryn is approximately 2km S of St. Nicholas.

County: Vale of Glamorgan

Community: St. Nicholas and Bonvilston (Sain Nicolas a Thresimwn)

Community: St. Nicholas and Bonvilston

Locality: Dyffryn

Traditional County: Glamorgan

Tagged with: House

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History

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. Dyffryn is principally known for its gardens which were laid out for Reginald Cory by Thomas Mawson, the internationally known and notably prolific garden designer; work began in 1904/5. Sold in 1937 and purchased by Sir Cennydd Traherne who leased it to the County Council; now run as a conference centre. Until c1985 Dyffryn was a Botanical Garden.

Exterior

Rubble walls, with flat coping, close three sides of this walled garden, shown on Thomas Mawson's 1926 plan as the Kitchen Garden: the fourth side (NW) is formed by modern glass houses. Round arched entrances and iron gates; the ground level has been raised. No longer a kitchen garden, now with flower beds. Further glass houses at NE end backing onto rubble potting sheds and gardeners building's; two storey at low end turning to single storey as it steps up the slope.

Reasons for Listing

Included for group value with Dyffryn House.

External Links

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Pompeian Garden at Dyffryn House
Situated to the W of the main lawn in the centre of the gardens and to the SW of Dyffryn House. Dyffryn is approximately 2km S of St. Nicholas.
II* Dyffryn House
Set within the large public grounds of Dyffryn Gardens; 2km to south of St Nicholas.
II Lower South Terrace at Dyffryn Gardens(partly in St Nicholas and Bonvilston Community)
Dividing the formal gardens extending south of the main house from the Great Lawn
II Fountain to South of Dyffryn House
Situated at the centre of the lily pond canal that runs longitudinally through the main lawns in the centre of the gardens. Dyffryn is approximately 2km S of St. Nicholas.
II Fountain to South of Dyffryn House(partly in St Nicholas and Bonvilston Community)
Situated at the centre of the lily pond canal that runs longitudinally though the main lawns in the centre of the gardens. Dyffryn is approximately 2 km S of St Nicholas.
II Lion steps
SE of and close to the house.
II Vine Walk and Kiosks
At the S end of the Great Lawn.
II Well House
In the hamlet of Dyffryn S of the Dyffryn gardens boundary wall.

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Walled Garden at Dyffryn House

A Grade II Listed Building in St. Nicholas and Bonvilston (Sain Nicolas a Thresimwn), Vale of Glamorgan