Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Forecourt Gates and Gatepiers at Llanrhaeadr Hall
Llanrhaeadr-Yng-Nghinmeirch, Denbighshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llanrhaeadr, Llanrhaeadr-Yng-Nghinmeirch, Denbighshire, designated on 29 November 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 29 November 1999
- Locality
- Llanrhaeadr
- Community
- Llanrhaeadr-Yng-Nghinmeirch
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.16010, -3.36996
- Cadw reference
- 22689
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)
- 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
At the entrance to the metalled forecourt, at the end of a tree-lined drive.
History
Gates and gatepiers erected as part of Thomas Penson the younger's remodelling of Llanrhaeadr Hall, 1841-2.
Exterior
Pair of Jacobethan forecourt gatepiers with contemporary wrought iron gates. The gatepiers are constructed of carved and dressed limestone blocks and stand to a height of approximately 3m. Each pier has a plain chamfered base, with fielded and faceted panels to the front and rear faces and narrow projecting side sections having volutes to the top; moulded cornices with geometric finials on turned plinths. The gates are arched and have plain vertical railings with scrolled, decorative cresting.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a pair of forecourt gates and gatepiers relating to Thomas Penson's 1841-2 remodelling of Llanrhaeadr Hall.
Group value with other listed items at Llanrhaeadr Hall.
Nearby in the register
- Llanrhaeadr HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Outbuilding at Llanrhaeadr HallAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- The Lower House at Llanrhaeadr HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Haybarn at Llanrhaeadr HallAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.