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Latitude: 51.4958 / 51°29'44"N
Longitude: -3.219 / 3°13'8"W
OS Eastings: 315476
OS Northings: 178134
OS Grid: ST154781
Mapcode National: GBR K7F.6R
Mapcode Global: VH6F6.5N3P
Plus Code: 9C3RFQWJ+8C
Entry Name: The Dean's Steps
Listing Date: 30 June 2003
Last Amended: 30 June 2003
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 81280
ID on this website: 300081280
Location: On the north-east side of The Cathedral Green and part of the important group of buildings surrounding it.
County: Cardiff
Town: Cardiff
Community: Llandaff (Llandaf)
Community: Llandaff
Built-Up Area: Cardiff
Traditional County: Glamorgan
Tagged with: Stairs
It seems likely that the paved steps are a formal mid to late C19 improvement of an existing path which was bounded already on one side by the wall of The Deanery on John Speed's map of 1610. This shows a bridge over the stream from St. Teilo's Well at the foot of the path. The stepping will have been part of the improvements to the environs of the Cathedral contemporary with its rebuilding in the 1850s and 60s and possibly closely comntemporary with the Dean moving into the new Deanery (qv Cathedral Court) in 1863.
Granite steps, stone paving and cast iron rails. Flight of steps with a central rail and side gutters running from The Cathedral Green down to the west front of the Cathedral. The steps are flanked by the garden walls of The Deanery and Cathedral Court (qv) which are part of the ensemble.
Included for group value as a part of the setting for the other listed buildings on The Cathedral Green.
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