{{short description|Historic house in Cardiff}} thumb|alt=Faendre Hall, December 2020|Faendre Hall, December 2020 '''Vaendre Hall''' (or '''Faendre Hall''') is a large detached house in the Cardiff suburb of St Mellons.
Set in {{convert|4|acre|spell=in}} of grounds, it is bordered on three sides by St Mellons golf course.<ref name=WalesOnlineMay20/><ref name="Mortimer2014"/> It was developed by the shipowner and industrialist John Cory in the mid 19th century in the Jacobethan style after William Burn from a farm and renamed Faendre Hall. It was completed in 1850.<ref name="CADW">{{cite web|url=https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?id=13945|title=Cof Cymru – National Historic Assets of Wales – Full Report for Listed Buildings – Faendre Hall|website=Cadw – Cof Cymru|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228214421/https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?id=13945|archive-date=2020-12-28}}</ref> Cory hosted the politicians Henry Labouchère and George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon, the former Viceroy of India, on their visits to Cardiff and Newport in 1887 and 1888 respectively.<ref name=SWDN88>{{cite news|url=https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3669046/3669049/92/|title=Vaindre Hall|date=17 April 1888|work=South Wales Daily News|accessdate=28 December 2020}}</ref><ref name=SWDN87>{{cite news|url=https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4409081/4409085/98/|title=Vaindre Hall|date=17 December 1887|work=South Wales Daily News|accessdate=28 December 2020}}</ref> It was subsequently owned by sportsman and brewer William Brain (of Brains Brewery), and Liberal Party politician Richard Mathias, who was appointed a baronet of Vaendre Hall in June 1917.<ref name="londongazette-1917-08-10">London Gazette, issue 30224 published on 10 August 1917. Page 10 of 48</ref><ref name="Mortimer2014">{{cite book|author=Dic Mortimer|title=Cardiff The Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_pkFBQAAQBAJ|date=15 October 2014|publisher=Amberley Publishing Limited|isbn=978-1-4456-4251-2|page=276}}</ref> The house has a separate stable and entrance lodge.<ref name=CofleinLodge>{{watprn|coflein|36839}} RCAHMW: Coflein database</ref><ref name=CofleinStable>{{watprn|coflein|43230}} RCAHMW: Coflein database</ref><ref name=WalesOnlineMay20/>
The hall and its 18 acres of land were sold for £7,000 at an auction in July 1893 to Dr. Hughes ({{Inflation|UK-GDP|7000|1893|r=-4|fmt=eq|cursign=£}}). The farm adjoining the hall with two paddocks of land, a three stalled stable, wagon house, granary, two cattle sheds, poultry house, and a four roomed cottage was sold at the same sale for £1,150 to Mr. Richard Davies ({{Inflation|UK-GDP|1150|1893|r=-4|fmt=eq|cursign=£}}).<ref name=SWDN93>{{cite news|url=https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3729420/3729426/109/|title=Vaindre Hall|date=31 July 1893|work=South Wales Daily News|accessdate=28 December 2020}}</ref>{{Inflation/fn|UK-GDP}}
Vaendre Hall was put on sale in 2013 and 2018 for £2 million; it was subsequently reduced in 2020 to £1.65 million. It was listed as having seven bedrooms and five reception rooms with a billiard hall.<ref name=WalesOnlineMay20>{{cite news |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/welsh-homes/st-mellons-manor-cardiff-sale-18202227 |title=Inside the grand manor house for sale that was once used as the backdrop for a Doctor Who Christmas day special |date=5 May 2020 |author=Bronte Howard |work=Wales Online |accessdate=28 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228214642/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/welsh-homes/st-mellons-manor-cardiff-sale-18202227 |archive-date=28 December 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=WalesOnlineMay13>{{cite news|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/welsh-homes/wales-most-luxurious-properties-most-5710555|title=Revealed: The dream properties on the market for millions in Wales|date=5 May 2020|author=Elena Cresci|work=Wales Online|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228222920/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/welsh-homes/wales-most-luxurious-properties-most-5710555|accessdate=13 August 2013|archive-date=2020-12-28}}</ref>
Scenes from the 2014 ''Doctor Who'' Christmas special, ''Last Christmas'', starring Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman, were filmed at the house.<ref name=WalesOnlineMay20/>
The house has been listed Grade II since June 1977.<ref name="CADW"/> In addition to the main hall the lodge and entrance gateway, the former stable block, and a circular garden seat in the grounds are all separately listed Grade II.<ref name="CADWLodge">{{cite web|url=https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?id=13944|title=Cof Cymru – National Historic Assets of Wales – Full Report for Listed Buildings – Lodge at Faendre Hall|website=Cadw – Cof Cymru|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228230055/https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?id=13944|archive-date=2020-12-28}}</ref><ref name="CADWEnt">{{cite web|url=https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?id=23534|title=Cof Cymru – National Historic Assets of Wales – Full Report for Listed Buildings – Entrance Gateway at Faendre Hall|website=Cadw – Cof Cymru|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228231357/https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?id=23534|archive-date=2020-12-28}}</ref><ref name="CADWStable">{{cite web|url=https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?id=13946|title=Cof Cymru – National Historic Assets of Wales – Full Report for Listed Buildings – Former Stable Block at Faendre Hall|website=Cadw – Cof Cymru|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228231847/https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?id=13946|archive-date=2020-12-28}}</ref><ref name="CADWGard">{{cite web|url=https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?id=23535|title=Cof Cymru – National Historic Assets of Wales – Full Report for Listed Buildings – Circular garden seat at Faendre Hall|website=Cadw – Cof Cymru|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228232047/https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?id=23535|archive-date=2020-12-28}}</ref><ref name=CofleinHall>{{watprn|coflein|36838}} RCAHMW: Coflein database</ref>
The GWR 4900 Class railway locomotive ''Faendre Hall'' was built in 1935 and named after the house.<ref>https://www.railuk.info/steam/getsteam.php?row_id=2807</ref>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20201228231723/https://media.rightmove.co.uk/31k/30641/74825839/30641_9730864_DOC_01_0000.pdf Sales particulars for Vaendre Hall]
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Category:Grade II listed buildings in Cardiff Category:Grade II listed houses in Wales Category:Houses completed in 1850 Category:Jacobethan architecture