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Gate to Plas Cefn Gwyn

Ceulanamaesmawr, Ceredigion, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Bontgoch/Elerch, Aberystwyth, Ceulanamaesmawr, Ceredigion, designated on 19 September 1997.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Gate to Plas Cefn Gwyn, Ceulanamaesmawr, Ceredigion, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
Domestic
Date of designation
19 September 1997
Locality
Bontgoch/Elerch
Town
Aberystwyth
Community
Ceulanamaesmawr
Unitary authority
Ceredigion
Country
Wales
Coordinates
52.46360, -3.94322
Cadw reference
18879

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1830 map "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 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 · 163 Aberystwyth (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

Location

Situated some 150m down drive to Plas Cefn Gwyn, on W side of road some 500m ENE of Bontgoch.

History

Early C19 iron gate and monolith piers to Plas Cefn Gwyn, built c1818 for W C Gilbertson.

Exterior

Wrought iron single gate across drive, with dog-bars, double mid-rail, upper part with diagonally crossed strengthening bars and flat top rail with scrolled spearheads. Mid rail has band of circles, and scrolled spearheads above. Scrolled tops to outer uprights. Gateposts are stone monoliths with rounded tops.

Reason for designation

A good example of Georgian blacksmiths' work. Group value with Plas Cefn Gwyn.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0
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