The Friends of Insole Court
LATEST: We are delighted that the Insole Court Trust has secured £2m funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The Renewal Project can now begin with the refurbishment of the Stable Block.
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Insole Court is a Victorian mansion set in ornamental gardens in the ancient cathedral city of Llandaff within Cardiff, the capital city of Wales.
This website aims to inform people of the work of The Friends of Insole Court, promote events and activities taking place in Insole Court and raise the profile of this superb house and gardens.
Originally known as 'The Insole Court Action Group' in 1988 and reconstituted in 1993 as 'The Friends of Insole Court', we are campaigning to retain the Court as an asset for the whole of Cardiff and as Llandaff's only publicly owned local community facility.
Please note that Insole Court is owned and managed by Click HERE to contact them and book rooms. |
Insole Court's status as an important heritage site has been recognised in a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The Court symbolises the Victorian era that laid the foundation of Cardiff 's dramatic transformation from a small rivermouth town into the thriving new Capital city it is today. If you come to the house between 2.00 and 4.00 (Monday-Thursday) or 1.00-3.30 (Friday), our volunteer Welcomer / Guides will be happy to show you around and give you access to the range of leaflets, booklets and DVDs we are producing.
Following the restoration of the Victorian ‘Swiss Wing’, there are now additional toilets and also access to the servants’ corridor. At last, there is also a base for the archives and artefacts in the Heritage Centre in the end “octagonal” room which for many years housed our Saturday morning library.
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UPDATED: Want to learn more about Insole Court. You can read some greater detail, from a talk written by John Isaacs (from an original talk by Matthew Williams, Curator of Cardiff Castle) HERE £2m funding secured from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Click HERE Find out the latest about the Insole Court Community Garden Group HERE Want to know more about the Insole family? Are you related? Click HERE to see the family tree To see the latest academic research by Dr Richard Ollerton into George Insole’s parentage click HERE Find out more about the Friends Activities that take place at the Court HERE |
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Site last updated on 11/03/13