Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Gatepiers, Railings and Gates at Forest Lodge entrance
Marchwiel, Wrexham, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 3 December 1996
- Locality
- Erddig
- Community
- Marchwiel
- Unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.02325, -2.99576
- Cadw reference
- 17874
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated at the junction of the East Drive and Sontley Road
History
Erected possibly C19 with gates of early C18 character from the former Coed-y-glyn Lodge.
Exterior
Pair of rusticated stone gatepiers with ball finials attached on each side to a range of railings set in a low plinth and a secondary pier of similar design. The railings have spearhead finials. The gates have scrollwork overthrow, vertical rails with an elaborate central scrollwork panel.
Reason for designation
Listed as an imposing entrance to the park and for associations with the Erddig Estate.
Nearby in the register
- Former Stables at New Sontley FarmDomesticunder 1 mi
- Combined Pigsties and Hen House at New Sontley FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- New Sontley FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- DovecoteDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.