Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Entrance gates and walls to Groes Hall
Llansannan, Conwy, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Groes, Llansannan, Conwy, designated on 21 July 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 21 July 1999
- Locality
- Groes
- Community
- Llansannan
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.17191, -3.48180
- Cadw reference
- 22076
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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)
- 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)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located at the former entrance to Groes Hall which led off the A543 c300m NE of the junction of the A543 and the B5428, and c150m NE of Groes Hall; at the N end of the village of Groes.
History
Built in the early C19, probably contemporary with a major rebuilding of the main house.
Exterior
Wide entrance gates and flanking railings recessed behind the rubble boundary wall of Groes hall. The vertical rails to the gates and flanking railings have fleur de lys finials; the gates with lock rail and curving rail ascending to the centre. The rubble walls have emphatic 'cock and hen' copings and terminate in square rubble piers.
Reason for designation
Included as an integral part of the estate at Groes Hall. The gates once formed the main entrance to the Hall.
Nearby in the register
- Groes HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Old cottage and smithy at Groes HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Granary/cartshed, brewhouse and former kennels at Groes HallAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Greenhouse at Groes HallAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.