Entrance Gates, Gatepiers and Wall of Insole Court, Llandaff, Cardiff

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.494 / 51°29'38"N

Longitude: -3.2265 / 3°13'35"W

OS Eastings: 314948

OS Northings: 177943

OS Grid: ST149779

Mapcode National: GBR K5G.JD

Mapcode Global: VH6F6.1Q41

Plus Code: 9C3RFQVF+J9

Entry Name: Entrance Gates, Gatepiers and Wall of Insole Court

Listing Date: 30 June 2003

Last Amended: 30 June 2003

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 81261

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300081261

Location: On the south side of the road opposite to Rookwood Hospital and.part of the important group of estate buildings surrounding Insole Court.

County: Cardiff

Town: Cardiff

Community: Llandaff (Llandaf)

Community: Llandaff

Built-Up Area: Cardiff

Traditional County: Glamorgan

Tagged with: Gate

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History

1855, by W G & E Habershon for J H Insole. This is part of the original build of the house, then known as ''Ely Court'', now known as Insole Court.

Exterior

Pennant stone rubble with freestone dressings. Dwarf wall with ramped coping carries cast iron railings on either side of a concave entrance to the carriage drive. This is flanked by octagonal stone piers with pyramid caps. The gates are carried on smaller cast iron piers of similar type but the gates themselves are post WWII mild steel ones. The adjacent contempory lodge has been extensively altered and enlarged.

Reasons for Listing

Included for group value as part of the garden and estate buildings of a significant Victorian mansion with a chequered history.

External Links

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Main Building at Rookwood Hospital
On the north side of Fairwater Road and set back behind a tall wall.
II Summerhouse and Underground Vaulted Chamber in grounds of Rookwood Hospital
Sited on top of a mound.in the north-west corner of Rookwood Hospital grounds and about 100m from the main building.
II Stable Block of Insole Court
Part of the important group of estate buildings surrounding Insole Court.
II Wall on rear drive at Insole Court
Lines the south side of the back drive where it approaches the stable court. Part of the important group of estate buildings surrounding Insole Court.
II Rock Arch at Insole Court
Just south of the Stable Block and part of the important group of estate buildings surrounding Insole Court.
II Gatepiers and Wing Walls on main Carriage Drive at Insole Court
Part of the important group of estate buildings surrounding Insole Court.
II* Insole Court
Set in its own grounds, laid out on western edge of Llandaff; reached along a tree-lined drive running south from Fairwater Road. Previously known as Ely Court and The Court.
II Garden House at Insole Court
On the south side of the house and part of the important group of estate buildings surrounding Insole Court.

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Entrance Gates, Gatepiers and Wall of Insole Court

A Grade II Listed Building in Llandaff, Cardiff