Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Rubble Footbridge below the Hermitage
Llandwrog, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Glynllifon, Llandwrog, Gwynedd, designated on 8 September 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 8 September 1998
- Locality
- Glynllifon
- Community
- Llandwrog
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.07471, -4.29706
- Cadw reference
- 20479
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 1795 map "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).
Historical maps covering this location
- 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)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 118 Nevin (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated approximately 500m east of the house and immediately below the Hermitage.
History
Probably contemporay with the Hermitage which is known to have been built c1825 by the 2nd Lord Newborough.
Glynllifon was the seat of the Wynn family and Sir Thomas John Wynn became the 1st Lord Newborough in 1776. The house was rebuilt after a fire 1836-48 by Edward Haycock, architect of Shrewsbury. Influence for some of the garden features came from the family’s grand tours.
Exterior
Simple single-arch rustic rubble footbridge with unlaid path to ramped deck. Closed at time of inspection.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with the Hermitage and other listed footbridges within these especially well-preserved pleasure grounds.
Nearby in the register
- HermitageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Rubble Footbridge uphill from HermitageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pair of Stone Bridges beside Iron Bridge and below HermitageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Iron Footbridge over Afon LlifonGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.