Cottrell Lodge
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Picturesque lodge of one and a half storeys with elevations of local coursed limestone rubble beneath a long straw thatched roof. Single storey lean-to extension to western end with slated roof. Formerly the lodge to Cottrell House (since demolished). In 2017, planning permission was granted to build an extension onto the lodge to provide additional bedrooms, controversially cutting through a 1m thick wall.
The Lodge to the since demolished Cottrell House dates from the late C17/early C18, and was extended and refenestrated in a picturesque manner in the early C19.
What remains today is a very picturesque building that welcomes you to the Cottrell Park Golf Club, a building that retains much of its original layout and features. The two outbuildings are of a later period, and are not mentioned in the listing description. However, since the buildings are within the curtilage of the Lodge house, they are also listed. The Design and Access statement fails to justify why there is a need to demolish these buildings, and does not address their potential historical importance.
The proposed scheme would alter the original layout of the building, whilst introducing an unnecessary modern staircase into this historic building. Removing a large section of the outer wall to introduce a link corridor to the proposed new extension is unacceptable. The integrity of this listed building would be in question if substantial changes are made to the original layout and fabric.
original 300 year old front door
Cottrell Lodge at the entrance to Cottrell Park Golf Course is a totally unique building . It began as a cottage sited opposite Old Laundry Cottage which was lost when the A48 was widened. Its rounded lodge end was added as William Burgess became popular at the turn of the century hence it's unique link to Cardiff buildings of huge architectural value such as Castell Coch. The rounded hallway made the cottage into a lodge by redirecting the front door towards the entrance to Cottrell House-a building since demolished by the current land owner’s family.
I rented this beautiful cottage for over 13 years and my 2 daughters grew up there. We loved and appreciated the originality and quirkiness of the cottage-the low thatch over the windows upstairs, the amazing stone staircase of only 7 steps that lead you up to 2 wonderful dark and quiet attic bedrooms. The building has an amazing spirit and magic. It is a simple dwelling with small areas to inhabit for a small family. It was designed to provide simple shelter. It is not supposed to be ostentatious or financially valuable. It should not be altered and made to blend in with modern buildings but we should accept and appreciate it as it is. We should recognise its magic and uniqueness and not try to change it into a thatched modern house to achieve a good sale.
This is a house with no backdoor-a house you can run all the way round-it is a house you can light a fire in and get warm in the Winter- a house that stays cool in the Summer- where you can play the piano in the rounded hallway with the swifts nesting in the porch outside the ancient creaking and cracked front door, (the swifts always arrived in the third week of April)-it is a house with a hatch to get furniture in, and coffins out, of the bedrooms-it has been thatched by many thatchers all with stories to tell. In the garden we used to find clay pipes, silver buttons, pigs teeth from during the war and remnants of boots from when the cottage was a cobblers. The history and importance of this house is unprecedented and the details of its history will be lost with any modern alterations.
During our time there we met hundreds of passers-by and tourists who wanted to know it's history-have wedding photos taken there and stop for a cup of tea. I have met people who left Cardiff over 40 years ago but who know the house as “the chocolate box cottage on the way to the beach”.
This house should be protected as a Grade 2 listed building by Cadw. This means protecting it properly from changes to its appearance and historical value. Please visit it and stand in its silence and see how its beauty could be lost by adding a two bedroom modern extension. This is a piece of history not a house to be adapted for modern use. It is a building that MUST be preserved as it is for the community it belongs to. It is a land mark and it should not become something ordinary. Please don't let it's character be destroyed on the whim of a landowner who does not appreciate it
The Lodge to the since demolished Cottrell House dates from the late C17/early C18, and was extended and refenestrated in a picturesque manner in the early C19.
What remains today is a very picturesque building that welcomes you to the Cottrell Park Golf Club, a building that retains much of its original layout and features. The two outbuildings are of a later period, and are not mentioned in the listing description. However, since the buildings are within the curtilage of the Lodge house, they are also listed. The Design and Access statement fails to justify why there is a need to demolish these buildings, and does not address their potential historical importance.
The proposed scheme would alter the original layout of the building, whilst introducing an unnecessary modern staircase into this historic building. Removing a large section of the outer wall to introduce a link corridor to the proposed new extension is unacceptable. The integrity of this listed building would be in question if substantial changes are made to the original layout and fabric.
original 300 year old front door
Cottrell Lodge at the entrance to Cottrell Park Golf Course is a totally unique building . It began as a cottage sited opposite Old Laundry Cottage which was lost when the A48 was widened. Its rounded lodge end was added as William Burgess became popular at the turn of the century hence it's unique link to Cardiff buildings of huge architectural value such as Castell Coch. The rounded hallway made the cottage into a lodge by redirecting the front door towards the entrance to Cottrell House-a building since demolished by the current land owner’s family.
I rented this beautiful cottage for over 13 years and my 2 daughters grew up there. We loved and appreciated the originality and quirkiness of the cottage-the low thatch over the windows upstairs, the amazing stone staircase of only 7 steps that lead you up to 2 wonderful dark and quiet attic bedrooms. The building has an amazing spirit and magic. It is a simple dwelling with small areas to inhabit for a small family. It was designed to provide simple shelter. It is not supposed to be ostentatious or financially valuable. It should not be altered and made to blend in with modern buildings but we should accept and appreciate it as it is. We should recognise its magic and uniqueness and not try to change it into a thatched modern house to achieve a good sale.
This is a house with no backdoor-a house you can run all the way round-it is a house you can light a fire in and get warm in the Winter- a house that stays cool in the Summer- where you can play the piano in the rounded hallway with the swifts nesting in the porch outside the ancient creaking and cracked front door, (the swifts always arrived in the third week of April)-it is a house with a hatch to get furniture in, and coffins out, of the bedrooms-it has been thatched by many thatchers all with stories to tell. In the garden we used to find clay pipes, silver buttons, pigs teeth from during the war and remnants of boots from when the cottage was a cobblers. The history and importance of this house is unprecedented and the details of its history will be lost with any modern alterations.
During our time there we met hundreds of passers-by and tourists who wanted to know it's history-have wedding photos taken there and stop for a cup of tea. I have met people who left Cardiff over 40 years ago but who know the house as “the chocolate box cottage on the way to the beach”.
This house should be protected as a Grade 2 listed building by Cadw. This means protecting it properly from changes to its appearance and historical value. Please visit it and stand in its silence and see how its beauty could be lost by adding a two bedroom modern extension. This is a piece of history not a house to be adapted for modern use. It is a building that MUST be preserved as it is for the community it belongs to. It is a land mark and it should not become something ordinary. Please don't let it's character be destroyed on the whim of a landowner who does not appreciate it
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