Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bust of Augustus and Column at Plas Brondanw Gardens
Llanfrothen, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 14 May 1998
- Locality
- Plas Brondanw
- Community
- Llanfrothen
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.96044, -4.06153
- Cadw reference
- 19822
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 1795 "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).
Cadw's description
Location
Set against plain iron railings in the NW corner of the garden, adjacent to the Dolphin Gates.
History
C18 or early C19 bust, apparently once in the collection of 'General Bonaparte', presumably the emperor Napoleon Ist. Placed here by Clough Williams-Ellis as a feature in the gardens that he designed and laid out in various stages between 1908 and 1978. He created here one of Wales' most impressive gardens distinctive for its interlinked terraces, compartments and axial vistas that are aligned on the surrounding mountains of Moel Hebog, Moelwyn, Cnicht and Snowdon.
Exterior
Life-sized bust of the Emperor Augustus, of white marble on a similar column with base. At its foot, a segmental polished slate plaque is inscribed: 'The Emperor Augustus from the collection of General Boneparte'.
Reason for designation
Listed as an integral feature of the nationally important gardens laid out at Plas Brondanw by Clough Williams-Ellis.
Nearby in the register
- Dolphin Gates and Gatepiers at Plas Brondanw including Railings to NWGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Raised Balustraded Terrace immediately W of Plas BrondanwGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Vista Screen and Gate to W of Plas BrondanwGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Plas Brondanw CottagesDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.