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Latitude: 51.4251 / 51°25'30"N
Longitude: -3.1818 / 3°10'54"W
OS Eastings: 317926
OS Northings: 170233
OS Grid: ST179702
Mapcode National: GBR HY.PDCC
Mapcode Global: VH6FL.SFRV
Plus Code: 9C3RCRG9+37
Entry Name: Remains of Cwrt-y-vil Grange (generally known as Cwrt-y-Vil Castle)
Listing Date: 21 January 1993
Last Amended: 21 January 1993
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 13346
Building Class: Domestic
Also known as: Cwrt y Vil Castle, Penarth
Remains of Cwrt-Y-Vil Grange (Generally Known as Cwrt-Y-Vil Castle) Castle Avenue
Cwrt-Y-Vil Castle
Cwrt y Vil Castle
ID on this website: 300013346
Location: In garden of No 2 Castle Avenue, to N of house.
County: Vale of Glamorgan
Community: Penarth
Community: Penarth
Built-Up Area: Penarth
Traditional County: Glamorgan
Tagged with: Monastic grange Fortified manor house
Circa 1180 Osbert of Pennard granted land to Augustinian canons from St Augustine's abbey Bristol who established a grange (monastic manor) at Penarth. When St Augustine's became cathedral following Dissolution of Monasteries farm became property of Cathedral chapter.
Remains consist of shell of barn range with attached room to W, aligned roughly E-W, into which have been inserted C20 garages and outhouses (replacing C19 stables). S wall and S half of W wall have been lost. Random rubble walls (occasionally coursed) stand up to 2m high, with putlog holes. There is a splayed slit window in the E wall and blocked doorway to N wall of W room. NE corner of W room has beginnings of corbelling.
Length of range approx 24m by 7m with a cross wall approx 5m from W end.
Modern house not included in list.
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