The Friends of Insole Court
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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.
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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.
Those who visit the grounds will have noticed the security fencing defining a contractor’s compound, as work begins on the weatherproofing of the stable block and restoration of the ground floor of the Victorian ‘Swiss Wing’.
The work on the Stable Block is simply to prevent further deterioration, However, when the Swiss Wing is completed in January, there will not only be additional toilets but also there will be access to the servants’ corridor featuring the old butler’s “Pantry” or “Scullery” with its strong-room, brown-wood cupboards and Belfast sink; and further, we shall at last be able to get on with establishing a base for the archives and artefacts in what will become our heritage centre in the end “octagonal” room which for many years housed our Saturday morning library.
Latest: Spring 2011 Interim Newsletter from the Chair Latest 50+ timetable available Third Thursdays Music at Insole Court Insole Court Garden Clearance Find out more about the Friends Activities that take place at the Court HERE. |
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Site last updated on 27/12/11