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St Donats Castle (United World College of the (Atlantic), including entrance Bridge

A Grade I Listed Building in St Donat's, Vale of Glamorgan

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  • St Donats Castle: terraced gardens looking across the Bristol Channel; originally laid c.1590, restored c19

  • St Donats Castle: tithe barn, c.1600; now theatre & arts centre; large central doorway with flanking buttresses

  • St Donats Castle: c16 French hooded chimneypiece at west end of Bradenstoke Hall

  • St Donats Castle: Bradenstoke Hall roof from Bradenstoke Priory refectory, c.1320

  • St Donats Castle: interior of Bradenstoke Hall, 1927, constructed by Hearse between the two curtain walls

  • St Donats Castle: fireplace in the Stradling Hall

  • St Donats Castle: roof of Stradling Hall; much restored but containing some original timber

  • St Donats Castle: interior of Stradling Hall

  • St Donats Castle: Lady Annes Tower at south-west corner of outer curtain; rebuilt for Hearst in 1920s

  • St Donats Castle: view from the south showing Lady Anne's Tower & Bradenstoke Hall

  • St Donats Castle: one of several Renaissance motifs with the arms of Stradling

  • St Donats Castle: late c15 Stradling Hall from inner courtyard with projecting porch

  • St Donats Castle: the modern north range from the inner court; north-east block to the right is late c15

  • St Donats Castle: rectangular Mansell's Tower (keep) south of the inner gatehouse; mostly c.1320 with some late c12 work

  • St Donats Castle: late medieval inner courtyard looking at north-range, north-east block, Mansell Tower (keep) & south-east block

  • St Donats Castle: north facing c.1320 outer gatehouse; lancet windows light the portcullis room above

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Entry Name: St Donats Castle (United World College of the (Atlantic), including entrance Bridge

Listing Date: 16 December 1952

Grade: I

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 13325

Building Class: Education

ID on this website: 300013325

Location: The castle stands on a rocky outcrop overlooking the Bristol Channel with the terraced gardens descending to the sea on the south side. The village was originally at the gate and round the church but

County: Vale of Glamorgan

Town: Cowbridge / Y Bont-Faen

Community: St. Donats (Sain Dunwyd)

Community: St. Donats

Locality: St Donats Castle

Built-Up Area: St Donat's

Traditional County: Glamorgan

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