Planning permission has been granted to construct seven new houses on land next to a historic derelict farmhouse dating back to the eighteenth century. St Julian's Manor is a Grade II listed building but is currently boarded up and fenced off, with the brand new St Edeyrn's housing development being built around it.
The old farmhouse lies within the St Edeyrn's area where over 1,000 new homes are set to be developed by Persimmon, as well as a district centre, school, community facility, and orchards or allotment. Persimmon bought the site and do not intend to restore or develop the site themselves.
"The proposals will provide an opportunity for a new owner of the manor to create a family home on a sizeable plot, sensitively separated from the surrounding new development, yet within reach of its facility," the heritage statement, submitted along with the planning application, reads.
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However, they intend to provide new boundaries and landscaping for the end purchaser of the farmhouse. The building is currently boarded up and fenced off, with work to build the new developments taking place on the land to the west of the building. Despite its listed status, the farmhouse has been boarded up for "several years".
"Externally, it is in a poor state of repair and has suffered in the last few years since being vacated," the heritage impact statement says. At the time the building was surveyed, it says, an interior inspection wasn't possible due to safety measures.
A plaque on the house is dated 1649, however the RCAHM plan is listed as 1760. While it was previously surrounded by fields, the development of St Edeyrn's has seen new builds quickly go up around it. The seven houses are set to be built to the west of the house along the spinal road, keeping the listed building and its garden in tact.
St Edeyrn's Village has been built on a site next to Cardiff Gate Retail and Business Parks in the north-east of Cardiff, with construction starting in April 2016. Work began on the new £6 million St Edeyrn's primary school in March last year. It will be the new home for St Mellons Church in Wales Primary School, which will relocate from Llanrumney.
The development of the 1,020 homes took over what was mainly fields, forming part of the Cardiff County Council's local development plan (LDP). The development gets its name from the 6th Century monk St Edeyrn, who also gives his name to the nearby parish church - a Grade II* listed building itself.
St Julian's Farmhouse is not the only listed building in the area that has been boarded up for a number of years. Less than a mile down the road, the Unicorn Inn, another Grade II listed building, has been boarded up and empty since 2017. However, a £1.4 million revamp of the pub has been proposed following meetings between residents, MPs, and owners Star Pubs and Bars. You can read more about that here.
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