Description

The following entry:-
PONTOISE CLOSE
5280 0/1148
Granite Column in rear
garden of No 5
II
shall be amended to read:-
TQ5155/25 PONTOISE CLOSE
Granite Column in rear
SP1148 garden of No 5
- 7.1.86 II

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PONTOISE CLOSE
1.
5280 0/1148 Granite Column in rear
garden of No 5
II
2.
Probably later C19. Tall Doric column of red Cornish granite, now in rear garden to No 5
Pontoise Close, but originally in the grounds of Bradbourne Hall (demolished). The
column formed the centrepiece of a Druidical circle, some of the remnants of which
remain eg monoliths in gardens to Nos 6 and 8. Thought to have been fashioned and
erected by order of the then owner, Francis Crawshay (1811-78), of the Crawshay family
of Cyfarthfa Castle, Merthyr Tydfil; the Crawshays were amongst leading late C18 and
early C19 iron masters in South Wales, and owned iron tinplate works in the Merthyr
Tydfil area. Francis Crawshay was a member of the Order of Druids of Wales, and is
thought to have trected a Druidical Circle at Pontypridd, when he managed the family
tinplate works at nearby Treforest.

Listing NGR: TQ5182556129

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26620873

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