Walls of former kitchen garden at Cefn Mably, Rudry, Caerphilly

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5497 / 51°32'58"N

Longitude: -3.1246 / 3°7'28"W

OS Eastings: 322117

OS Northings: 184019

OS Grid: ST221840

Mapcode National: GBR J0.FNR3

Mapcode Global: VH6F1.S9HW

Plus Code: 9C3RGVXG+V5

Entry Name: Walls of former kitchen garden at Cefn Mably

Listing Date: 5 March 1999

Last Amended: 5 March 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 21445

Building Class: Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces

ID on this website: 300021445

Location: On W side of house and on N side of drive to Maes-y-bryn, obscured by woodland.

County: Caerphilly

Community: Rudry (Rhydri)

Community: Rudry

Locality: Cefn Mably

Traditional County: Glamorgan

Tagged with: Kitchen garden

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History

Probably early C18 and built by Sir Charles Kemeys in conjunction with the enlargement of the house. The 1st edition Ordnance Survey shows no internal structural divisions, but perimeter paths and cross paths.

Exterior

Garden walls of rubble stone 2-3m high enclosing a former kitchen garden approximately 70m square. In the E wall is a narrow inserted doorway with brick jambs. Set back from the NE corner the N wall has a gateway with hammer-dressed stone piers and brick quoins. To its R is a C19 ruined gardener's cottage of rubble stone and brick dressings with a later brick lean-to. The interior is said to retain ruined glasshouses but was inaccessible at the time of inspection.

Reasons for Listing

Included as an early example of a kitchen garden and for group value with Cefn Mably and its garden terraces.

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Cefn Mably
Approximately 1.8km WSW of Michaelston-y-Fedw Church, on high ground overlooking River Rhymney and reached by private drive W of minor road between Michaelston-y-Fedw and Rudry.
II Terraces and ornamental structures to SE of Cefn Mably
To SE of and downhill from the house, overlooking the extensive wooded parkland toward River Rhymney.
II Cefn Mably Bridge (also known as Cefn Llwyd Bridge) (partly in Michaelston-y-Fedw Community)
Road bridge over River Rhymney approximately 1km W of Michaelston-y-Fedw Church and carrying a minor road between Michaelston-y-Fedw and Cefn Mably
II Cefn Mably Bridge
Located on the lane leading from Michaelstone village to Cefn Mably crossing the River Rhymni, a pair with Michaelstone Bridge.
II St Julian's Manor
In countryside N of St Mellons village but close to the M4 and just E of the Cardiff Gate interchange, reached by a track.
II Pwll-coch farmhouse and adjoining barn
Reached by a short drive from the road, on sloping ground.

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Walls of former kitchen garden at Cefn Mably

A Grade II Listed Building in Rudry, Caerphilly