Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Summerhouse at Bryn Bras Castle
Llanrug, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Bwlch, Llanrug, Gwynedd, designated on 27 August 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 27 August 1999
- Locality
- Bwlch
- Community
- Llanrug
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.14070, -4.17805
- Cadw reference
- 22257
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 1896 map "Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 106 Bangor (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 106 Bangor (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 41. Anglesey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located immediately adjacent to the walled 'knot' garden on the east.
History
The summerhouse was built in the 1920s during the ownership of Duncan Alves. Its 3 arches were originally open but later infilled with French windows, probably associated with its more recent use as a visitors tea room.
Exterior
Summerhouse. Half-hexagonal plan with flat back to adjoining 'knot' garden wall. Roughly coursed rubblestone with flat roof behind parapet and painted projecting string course. 3 large round-headed arches to front have French windows.
Interior
No notable architectural features.
Reason for designation
Included as one of a number of garden structures erected in the 1920s, an important period for the development of the gardens and grounds at Bryn Bras Castle.
Nearby in the register
- Pan figure and pool in walled 'knot' garden at Bryn Bras CastleGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Gladiator statue (north) at Bryn Bras CastleGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Gladiator statue (south) at Bryn Bras CastleGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Walled 'knot' garden at Bryn Bras CastleGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.