Where is Animal Wall?

Animal Wall is in South Wales, United Kingdom (postcode CF10 1SZ), in the parish of Castle.

How do I get to Animal Wall?

The nearest railway station is Cardiff Central, about 0.7 km away. Drivers can use postcode CF10 1SZ.

Who owns Animal Wall?

Animal Wall is owned by Cardiff City Council.

Is Animal Wall a listed building?

Animal Wall is officially recognised as Grade I listed building listed.

Is Animal Wall free to visit?

Yes, Animal Wall is free to enter.

How do I get to Animal Wall?

The nearest railway station is Cardiff Central, about 0.7 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode CF10 1SZ.

Holy wells · South Wales

Animal Wall

In or near Cardiff.

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Animal Wall — Grade I listed building in Cardiff.

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Plan your visit

Typical visit: 15 min–30 min
Nearest railway station: Cardiff Central · 0.7 km

Free entry
Dog-friendly

Getting there & planning your visit

To visit Animal Wall, the nearest railway station is Cardiff Central, located 0.7 km away. Entry is free, and the location is accessible. The postcode for sat-nav is CF10 1SZ.

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Animal Wall is a holy well in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1900. Heritage designation: Grade I listed building. Wikidata describes it as: "Grade I listed building in Cardiff.". Coordinates: 51.4811°, -3.1830°.

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From the Wikipedia article

The Animal Wall (Welsh: Wal yr Anifeiliaid) is a sculptured wall depicting 14 animals in the Castle Quarter of the city centre of Cardiff, Wales. It stands to the west of the entrance to Cardiff Castle, having been moved from its original position in front of the castle in the early 1930s. The design for the wall was conceived by William Burges, architect to the third Marquess of Bute, during Burges's reconstruction of the castle in the 1860s, but it was not executed until the late 1880s/early 1890s. This work, which included the original nine animal sculptures, all undertaken by Burges's favourite sculptor, Thomas Nicholls, was carried out under the direction of William Frame, who had previously assisted Burges at both Cardiff Castle and Castell Coch. When the wall was moved in the early 20th century, the fourth Marquess commissioned Alexander Carrick to carve a further six sculptures to sit on the extended wall which now fronted Bute Park. The Animal Wall is a Grade I listed structure.

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Background

History

(c. 1890)]] John Crichton-Stuart succeeded to the marquessate of Bute in 1848 at the age of six months, on the death of his father. By his 21st birthday, he had converted to Catholicism and come into an inheritance that reputedly made him "the richest man in the world". A significant part of his patrimony included estates in South Wales, brought into the Bute family by his great-grandfather's marriage to Charlotte Windsor, heiress to Herbert Windsor, 2nd Viscount Windsor. The estates centred on Cardiff Castle, a building the marquess despised: "I am painfully alive to the fact that the castle is very far indeed from setting anything like an example in art". In 1865, he met William Burges.…

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Coordinates: 51.4811, -3.1830
District: Cardiff
Parish: Castle
Postcode: CF10 1SZ
Parliamentary constituency: Cardiff South and Penarth
Established: 1900
Nearest railway station: Cardiff Central — 0.7 km

Sources

wikidata: Q4764913 (CC0)
wikipedia: Animal Wall (CC BY-SA 4.0)
commons: The Animal Wall, Cardiff.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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