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Registered historic parks and gardens in Cardiff

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Cardiff shown within Wales

The City and County of Cardiff is a county in the south of Wales. It covers an area of 140.3 km2 (54.2 sq mi) and in 2023 the population was approximately 359,512. Cardiff is the country's capital and hosts its parliament, the Senedd, and a large number of national institutions such as the Wales Millennium Centre, the National Museum, the national stadium of Wales and the St Fagans National Museum of History.

The Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales was established in 2002 and given statutory status in 2022. It is administered by Cadw, the historic environment agency of the Welsh Government. It includes just under 400 sites, ranging from gardens of private houses, to cemeteries and public parks. Parks and gardens are listed at one of three grades, matching the grading system used for listed buildings. Grade I is the highest grade, for sites of exceptional interest; Grade II*, the next highest, denotes parks and gardens of more than special interest; while Grade II denotes nationally important sites of special interest.[1][2]

There are 18 registered parks and gardens in Cardiff. Three are listed at grade I, five at II*, and ten at grade II. Sophia Gardens, Cathays Park, and Bute Park and the grounds of Cardiff Castle originally formed the castle estate. Pontcanna and Llandaff Fields run north from the centre, forming a very large public park. There are five smaller urban parks, six gardens to formerly private houses, the grounds of a hospital and a cemetery. A large number of the registered parks were designed by Andrew Pettigrew and his sons. Pettigrew came to Cardiff from his native Scotland in 1873, as head gardener to John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute. Over the following 60 years, he and his sons worked on most of the city's major parks; the Glamorgan Archives, which hold the records of Cardiff County Borough Council containing materials relating to the development of the city's parks, describes them collectively as "the family who landscaped Cardiff".[3]


List of parks and gardens

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Grade Criteria[4]
I Parks and gardens of exceptional interest
II* Particularly important parks and gardens of more than special interest
II Parks and gardens of national importance and special interest

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Sometimes known as OSGB36, the grid reference is based on the British national grid reference system used by the Ordnance Survey.
  2. ^ The West Lodge entrance to Bute Park, designed by Alexander Roos, houses a cafe, the Pettigrew Tea Rooms, named in Andrew Pettigrew's honour.[6]
  3. ^ William Wallace Pettigrew was the son of Andrew Pettigrew, head gardener to John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute and the designer of Bute park. William was succeeded in his role as Cardiff's parks superintendent by his brother, Andrew Alexander, when William took up the post of Chief Parks Officer at Manchester in 1915. He returned to the role on his brother's premature death in 1932.[31]

References

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  1. ^ "Historic Parks and Gardens". Cadw. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Registered historic parks and gardens". Cadw. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  3. ^ "The Pettigrews - The Family who landscaped Cardiff". Glamorgan Archives. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Understanding registered historic parks & gardens: 2. What is registration?". Cadw. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  5. ^ Crook 2013, p. 41.
  6. ^ "Pettigrew Tea Rooms". Parc Bute Park. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  7. ^ Cadw. "Cardiff Castle and Bute Park (PGW(Gm)22(CDF))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  8. ^ "History of the cemetery". Friends of Cathays Cemetery. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  9. ^ Cadw. "Cathays Cemetery (PGW(Gm)19(CDF))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Cathays cemetery". Cardiff City Council. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  11. ^ Newman 1995, p. 220.
  12. ^ Cadw. "The Law Courts (Grade I) (13736)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  13. ^ a b Cadw. "Cardiff City Hall (Grade I) (13744)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  14. ^ Cadw. "National Museum of Wales (Grade I) (13694)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  15. ^ Newman 1995, p. 119.
  16. ^ Cadw. "Welsh National War Memorial (Grade II*) (13742)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  17. ^ Cadw. "Cathays Park (PGW(Gm)26(CDF))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  18. ^ "Cory: (John Cory and Sons, Ltd.)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  19. ^ Cadw. "Coryton House (PGW(Gm)67(CDF))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  20. ^ Cadw. "Craig-y-parc House (Grade II*) (22816)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  21. ^ Newman 1995, p. 513.
  22. ^ Cadw. "Craig y Parc (PGW(Gm)6(CDF))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  23. ^ Cadw. "Shelter in Grange Gardens (Grade II) (19089)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  24. ^ Cadw. "Grange Gardens (PGW(Gm)72(CDF))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  25. ^ Cadw. "Insole Court (PGW(Gm)27(CDF))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  26. ^ "About the charity". Insole Court Trust. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  27. ^ "Parc Cefn Onn (301655)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  28. ^ Cadw. "Parc Cefn Onn (PGW(Gm)20(CDF))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  29. ^ "Cefn Onn: A perfect Spring walk". Living Magazines: Cardiff. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  30. ^ a b Cadw. "Pontcanna Fields and Llandaff Fields (PGW(Gm)59(CDF))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  31. ^ a b "William Wallace Pettigrew". Parks & Gardens UK. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  32. ^ a b Cadw. "Roath Park (PGW(Gm)24(CDF))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  33. ^ Cadw. "Scott Memorial (Grade II) (25942)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  34. ^ a b Cadw. "Rookwood Hospital (PGW(Gm)28(CDF))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  35. ^ Smith, Mark (9 November 2018). "This is when Cardiff's Rookwood Hospital will close for good". Wales Online. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  36. ^ Cadw. "Summerhouse and Underground Vaulted Chamber in grounds of Rookwood Hospital (Grade II) (13687)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  37. ^ Cadw. "Sophia Gardens (PGW(Gm)21(CDF))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  38. ^ a b Cadw. "St Fagans Castle (PGW(Gm)31(CDF))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  39. ^ "Cardiff Parks and the Pettigrews". Cardiff Parks. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  40. ^ "William Goldring". Parks & Gardens UK. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  41. ^ Cadw. "Thompson's Park (PGW(Gm)71(CDF))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  42. ^ "James Edward Turner". Friends of Cathays Cemetery. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  43. ^ "James E. Turner (b.1861), Standing in front of Cardiff City Hall". Art UK. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  44. ^ "Ty Gwyn". Davies Sutton Architects. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  45. ^ Cadw. "Ty Gwyn (PGW(Gm)76(CDF))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  46. ^ Cadw. "Victoria Park (PGW(Gm)23(CDF))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  47. ^ McCarthy, James (10 July 2010). "Billy the Seal to net new audience for Cardiff museum". Wales Online. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  48. ^ Finch, Peter (11 July 2010). "Billy the Seal shows up again in National Museum Wales". Institute of Welsh Affairs. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  49. ^ Morgan, Gareth (5 May 2005). "Billy the Seal". The Free Press. Western Mail. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  50. ^ Cadw. "Waterloo Gardens, Roath Mill Gardens and Roath Brook Gardens (PGW(Gm)29(CDF))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  51. ^ Cadw. "Waterloo Gardens, Roath Mill Gardens and Roath Brook Gardens (PGW(Gm)66(CDF))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  52. ^ Cadw. "Whitchurch Hospital (Grade II) (11715)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  53. ^ Lewis, Ffion (16 December 2021). "The future of Whitchurch Hospital as it's named one of the most at-risk Victorian buildings in the UK". Wales Online. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  54. ^ Peskett, Ted (11 October 2023). "Campaigners angry over impact of new Velindre hospital". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 29 March 2024.

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