Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Gates and Piers to former N drive to Llanarth Court
Llanarth, Monmouthshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 15 March 2000
- Locality
- Llanarth
- Town
- Raglan
- Community
- Llanarth
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.79363, -2.90580
- Cadw reference
- 22994
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated in Llanarth village, at end of short lane running down NE side of churchyard from main road.
History
Set of estate gates and railings to disused North drive to Llanarth Court. Probably mid C19.
Exterior
Entrance gate piers with pedestrian gateway adjoining. Sandstone aslar, with rubble stone flanking walling. Two big gatepiers, chamfered square under octagonal tops with octagonal pointed caps. Lower ashlar Tudor-arched pedestrian gate to N with ridged coping, ramped down beyond over rubble stone wall, also with ridged coping. High rubble wall with similar coping to S. Pair of iron gates with spearheads and dog-bars, the top-rails ramped down to centre, and with curved strengthening bars. Spearhead rails to pedestrian gate.
Reason for designation
Included as a good set of C19 formal gates to a country house park.
Nearby in the register
- Churchyard Cross in Llanarth churchyardReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Llanarth Churchyard Cross-BaseCrossunder 1 mi
- Church of Saint TeiloReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Elizabeth Jones tomb and railings, Llanarth churchyardCommemorativeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.