Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Decorative Garden Gates and Gate Piers at Glan-y-Mawddach
Barmouth, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Cutiau, Barmouth, Gwynedd, designated on 31 January 1995.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 31 January 1995
- Locality
- Cutiau
- Community
- Barmouth
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.73060, -4.03003
- Cadw reference
- 15495
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 149 Barmouth (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located approximately 50m N of Glan-y-Mawddach and giving on to a long topiary-lined walk.
Exterior
A pair of wrought iron decorative gates and flanking gate piers,erected c.1910 by Mr and Mrs Keighley as part of their important garden layout at Glan-y-Mawddach. Tall dressed rubble piers with plain capping surmounted by classical earthenware urns with swag decoration. The gates have reversed, shaped tops with flame-like finials to plain upper railings, pierced by oval oculi, one to eachgate. Open foliate decoration to central band; straight spear-headed railings to lower section. The L gate pier adjoins a stepped, snecked rubble wall with plain capping which curves S in an arc and terminates after some 20ft at a natural rock outcrop.
Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as part of the important Edwardian garden layout.
Group value with other listed items at Glan-y-Mawddach
Nearby in the register
- Adjoining raised Terrace to Eof Glan-y-MawddachDomesticunder 1 mi
- Glan-y-MawddachDomesticunder 1 mi
- Summerhouse at Glan-y-MawddachGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Former Coach House and Stables at Glan-y-MawddachDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.