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Stones Museum

A Grade II Listed Building in Margam, Neath Port Talbot

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5632 / 51°33'47"N

Longitude: -3.7306 / 3°43'50"W

OS Eastings: 280139

OS Northings: 186349

OS Grid: SS801863

Mapcode National: GBR H6.DLCV

Mapcode Global: VH5H2.9Z40

Plus Code: 9C3RH779+7Q

Entry Name: Stones Museum

Listing Date: 25 April 2000

Last Amended: 25 April 2000

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 23269

Building Class: Education

ID on this website: 300023269

Location: Within the churchyard and adjoining the W boundary wall near the NW corner.

County: Neath Port Talbot

Town: Port Talbot

Community: Margam

Community: Margam

Traditional County: Glamorgan

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History

Built as a single-room church school in the early C19. It closed in 1866 and the children were transferred to a new school in the nearby village of Groes. Used as a museum for early Christian stones since 1932. Conserved and interior remodelled 1998-9 by Cadw.

Exterior

Two-storey 3-window range of rubble stone with quoins, under a red tile roof with stone stack to W end. Lean-to porch at W end containing late C20 glazed panels and door. The S face has round-headed windows under voussoir heads with stone sills. Iron multi-pane windows with radial glazing under arches. The E end has a 3-light metal-framed window with quarries under a square hoodmould and with a stone sill. Two similar windows to N side and 2 large rooflights.

Interior

Inside the porch are 2 doors. That to the R is original with a large stone lintel. The single-room interior has been converted to a museum and has a steel-framed gallery.

Reasons for Listing

Listed for its historic interest as an early church school in Wales, retaining much of its original character. Group value with St Mary's Abbey Church and churchyard walls.

The Early Christian monuments within the building are scheduled Ancient Monuments GM 011 (NEP).

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  • II Churchyard Walls and Gate Piers to St Mary's Abbey Church
    Enclosure walls to a large, roughly rectangular churchyard to the N of the abbey church. It projects round to the W and incorporates the entrance gates.
  • I St Mary's Abbey Church
    Located at the end of a short lane which runs NE off the A48. The Stones Museum is within the churchyard. The S doorway faces into Margam Park.
  • II War Memorial
    Located immediately outside and to the R of the entrance gates to St Mary's Abbey Church and churchyard.
  • II Almshouses
    Located on the S side of the lane which leads off the A48 to St Mary's Abbey Church. The almshouses are opposite the churchyard entrance.
  • I Ivy Cottage including Facade of Former Banqueting House
    Located along the N boundary of the gardens, N of the Orangery and SE of the kitchen gardens. The facade faces W into the park, whilst the cottage is outside the park boundary.
  • I Ruins of Chapter House and Vestibule of St Mary's Abbey
    Located in a central position in the gardens at Margam Park, to the NE of the orangery.
  • II Kitchen Garden Walls including Vinery Glasshouse
    The kitchen garden wall forms the N boundary of the gardens and flanks the lane leading to the abbey. A wall at right angles runs S to the Vinery Glasshouse.
  • I Margam Orangery
    The centre-piece in the gardens at Margam Park. The abbey remains are immediately to the NE, with the broadwalk leading up to Margam Castle further E.

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