Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Gazebo
Chirk, Wrexham, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Chirk Castle, Wrexham, Chirk, designated on 29 July 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 29 July 1998
- Locality
- Chirk Castle
- Town
- Wrexham
- Community
- Chirk
- Unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.93569, -3.08432
- Cadw reference
- 20244
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 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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)
- 1898 · 121 Wrexham (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
The gazebo stands at the far end of the E gardens, facing S along the ha-ha wall.
History
The gazebo was designed and built in 1767 by William Emes, landscape architect and pupil of Launcelot Brown, at which time it was called a 'retreat seat'.
Exterior
The building is in brick, in the form of a classical temple with a Venetian style open front, the slender stone paired Tuscan columns supporting an entablature which is arched with an architrave over the wider centre bay of three. High parapet over the entablature.
Interior
The building is rectangular in plan behind the facade, and is vaulted in plaster. A timber seat is set against the rear wall.
Reason for designation
Included as a fine example of an C18 garden building, of importance in the context of the landscaped gardens at Chirk Castle.
Nearby in the register
- Ha-ha at the E end of the E GardenGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Statue of HerculesGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Medieval Font in the E GardenReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Hawk House in the E GardenGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.