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Some History around Laleston

 

Buildings of Special Architectural or Historical Interest

Following consultation with persons or bodies who appear to him appropriate as having knowledge of, and interest in, such buildings, The Secretary of State has concluded that the buildings described in the attached schedule are buildinds of special architectural or historical interest.

Details of the specifics of exterior and interiors  are not included – these can be found in the Cadw booklet entitled “LALESTON Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr [rhan] Bridgend [part].

 

Church of St David.

 

Grade 1
Date listed          26/07/1963
Date amended    20/01/1998
Nat Grid ref.       28754 17985

Location:
In the centre of the village, on a slight rise above the High Street.  Church stands in a roughly circular churchyard surrounded by rubble wall with wrought iron gates to South and East.

History:
Nave and chancel probably C13-C14 with tower and South porch late medieval.  Restored by Pritchard 1871.  Successor to earlier church to St. Cewydd at Llangewydd to North, now ruined.  In 1180, William Earl of Gloucester granted land to William Lageles [family name incorporated into Council pendant on Chain of Office].

Listed:
Listed Grade 1 as a medieval church with fabric including timber roofs mainly intact: group value with Churchyard Cross and Cliff Cottage.

Reference:
David Revd.C M, Some notes on the Church of St David, 1958
Newman J, Glamorgan, Buildings of Wales series, 1995 p369.

 

Churchyard Cross in St David’s churchyard

Grade 11
Date Listed         29/01/1998
Nat Grid ref        28755 17984

Location:
On the South side of Church near the porch

History;
Churchyard crosses mostly date from the medieval period and acted as a site for preaching, especially for the itinerant orders, a focus of liturgical processions and to sanctify the churchyard for burial befote the development of individual graveyard monuments after the Reformation.  Top of shaft has been remodeled, creating a knob finial possibly from the base of a earlier crucifix.

Listed:
Listed as a medieval churchyard cross which is mostly intact and for group value with the church of St David and Cliff Cottage.

Reference:
Newman J, Glamorgan, Buildings of Wales series, 1995, p369.

 

Ty Mawr also known as The Great House

Grade 11*
Date listed          26/07/1963
Date amended    20/01/1998
Nat Grid ref        287 17978

Location:
On the main village thoroughfare a short distance south west of the Church of St David.

History:
North range late C16, South range early C17; C17 service wing extending West beside road from earlier North range further enlarged to South late C20.  Repaired and converted to hotel 1980’s with further extensions; photographs prior to conversion show casement and sash windows with cambered heads as well as C16-17 mullioned windows, though all windows are now mullioned.  Site formally held as part of the Manor of Laleston by Margam Abbey and acquired by Sir Rice Mansel after Dissolution.

Listed:
Listed 11* as an important survival of a larger early post medieval house.

Reference:
Newman J, Glamorgan, Buildings of Wales, 1995, p 370.
RCAHM Wales, Glamorgan Inventory, vol IV part 1, The Greater Houses 1981 pp 187-191.

 

Milepost at High Street

Grade 11
Date listed          29/01/1998
Nat Grid ref        28744 17979

Location:
Nearly opposite Ty Mawr on the North side of the main village thoroughfare.

History:
One of a series of cast iron mileposts erected 1830,s for the Bridgend Turnpike Trust.  The road was first turnpiked in 1764.

Listed:
Included as good example of an elaborately detailed cast iron milepost.

Reference:
Fraser D E, The Development of the road System in Glamorgan up to 1884, unpublished thesis 1940. 

 

Village Farm House

Grade 11
Date listed          04/05/1973
Date amended    20/01/1998
Nat Grid ref        28768 17982

Listed:
Listed not withstanding extensive alterations for its important frontage and retention of some historical fabric; group value with The Oystercatcher Public House and Horeb Chapel.

History:
Originally an early C17 house of 2 unit lobby entry plan with attached barn left, and late C17 kitchen wing rear right.  Quoins between house and barn suggest that the latter was raised later, it was subsequently made into a stable involving some remodeling of the South frontage.  Following period of disrepair, house and barn were converted into single dwelling 1970’s.  Original fenestration recorded as sunk chamfered mullioned lights under a hoodmould, these replaced with some others inserted, in cast concrete during restoration.  One original Tudor-arched doorway and 2 other late C19 versions, the former partly remodeled to match, pre-date the 1970’s restoration.  All openings as recorded by RCHM 1978 with historic fabric between mostly intact.

Reference:
RCAHM Wales, Glamorgan Inventory, volIV pt 2, Farmhouses & Cottages 1988, fig C34, maps [see P 611]
Laleston Tithe Map 1842
Ordnance Survey Map, first edition, 1:2500, 1885.

 

Former Horeb Welsh Presbyterian Church

Grade 11
Date Listed:        31/05/1990
Date amended    29/01/1998
Nat Grid ref        28776 17982

Location:
On the East edge of the village, side on to the main thoroughfare.

History:
Built 1831.  Adjoining schoolroom and house added later.  Complex now used as a small independent school and interior of chapel thus converted.

Listed:
Listed as an example of a well preserved C19 chapel; group value with The Oystercatcher Public House and Village Farm House.

Reference:
Newman J, Glamorgan, Buildings of Wales series, 1995 p 370
Laleston Tithe Map 1842.

 

The Oystercatcher Public House

Grade 11
Date Listed         20/01/1998
Nat Grid ref        28765 17982

Location:
Just East of village centre facing main thoroughfare.

History:
Probably C16 origin of main house with added wing left circa 1700.  Roof raised later and building refronted probably C18, possibly then a coaching inn.  RCAHM Wales reported in 1972 remains of central fireplace with large bressummer, date of 1679 inscribed on lintel believed to be later, and winding stone staircase with cross slab roof adjacent; measured drawing 1980 amended ‘now removed’.

Listed:
Listed as a characteristic village inn with a long building history and important street frontage within the village; group value with Village Farm House and Horeb Chapel.

Reference:
See Village Farm House.

 

The Laleston Inn

          Grade 11
        Date Listed         26/07/1963
        Date amended    29/01/1998
        Nat Grid ref        28749 17993

Location:
In the village centre just North of the church and directly fronting the street [Wind Street]

History:
Building of circa 1600 comprising two units and shallow central cross gable, both rooms heated by gable fireplaces; possibly attached to earlier building North as shown by battered West wall extending Northwest remodeled to form NW wing.  Late C17 kitchen wing added East and main block extended South by construction of outer unit.  Formerly called a country club to allow for licensing laws, now a public house and restaurant.

Listed:
Included as an early C17 building retaining much of its historic fabric.

Reference:
Newman J, Glamorgan, Buildings of Wales series, 1995 p370
Smith P, Houses of the Welsh Countryside, 1988, maps 30,36,37
RCAHM Wales, Glamorgan Inventory, vol IV part 2, Farmhouses and Cottages,1988 fig C10
Laleston Tithe Map 1842
Ordnance Survey map, first edition, 1:2500,1885. 

Broadlands House

          Grade 11
        Date listed          10/12/1992
        Date amended    20/01/1998
        Nat Grid ref        28858 17914

Location:
Now situated within the centre of Broadlands Housing Estate.  Previously reached along a straight private drive off the main A48 road.  Separate farm buildings to North.

History:
Early C19, late Georgian small country house with later C19 enlargement and C20 alterations to rear.

Listed:
Listed for its special interest as a well preserved late-Georgian house.

Reference:
Laleston Tithe Map 1842
Ordnance Survey map, first edition, 1:2500, 1885.

        Cliff Cottage

          Grade 11
        Date listed          29/01/1998
        Nat Grid ref        28750 17983

Location:
Opposite West end of Church of St David and on a rise from High Street.

History:  Main house probably C18 with cottage addition right C19.  First edition OS map appears to show it as Vicarage and tithe apportionment 1842 as in ownership of parish officers.  Donated for community use by Sarah Anne Blandy Trust 1910 and continues thus.  Restored 1975-82.

Listed:
Listed for group value with Church of St David and the Churchyard Cross as a mainly unaltered C18 frontage in a prominent position in the village.

Reference:
Laleston Tithe Map 1842
Ordnance Survey Map, first edition, 1:2500, 1885.