Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Arched wall to forecourt of Vaynol Old Hall
Pentir, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II*
- Broad class
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 22 September 1997
- Locality
- Vaynol Park
- Town
- Bangor
- Community
- Pentir
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.20292, -4.18994
- Cadw reference
- 18927
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 1896 "Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Located at the W side of the forecourt between Vaynol Old Hall and the Terraced Garden, and adjoining the Chapel of St Mary.
History
Probably late C16. The wing of Vaynol Old Hall was built in c1590, and the porch added to the Chapel in 1596. It is probable that this wall is either contemporary or built shortly afterwards to enclose the forecourt.
Exterior
Rubble stonework, with freestone voussoirs to the arch. The wall is approximately 11m long, and 3.3m high, with a wide 3-centred arch over the pathway in front of the Hall. It adjoins the W wing of the Old Hall, and the corner of the S porch of the Chapel of St Mary. The copings appear to be missing.
Reason for designation
Included as a vital element in the setting of the Grade I Old Hall, and the Grade I chapel, and of group value with other surrounding buildings and listed features.
Nearby in the register
- Stone bench seat on W side of Terraced Garden at Vaynol Old HallGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Chapel of St Mary to N of Vaynol Old HallReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Gateway with inscription set in N boundary wall of Terrace Garden opposite Vaynol Old HallGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Vaynol Old HallDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.