Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Stag and Hounds Sculpture and Pedestal on entrance axis to Nantclwyd Hall
Llanelidan, Denbighshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Nantclwyd Hall, Llanelidan, Denbighshire, designated on 21 March 2001.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 21 March 2001
- Locality
- Nantclwyd Hall
- Community
- Llanelidan
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.05854, -3.32950
- Cadw reference
- 24999
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
Placed as a focal feature on the axis of the new approach road to Nantclwyd Hall, terminating the straight part of the drive.
History
A bronze and pedestal from Scarisbrick Hall, brought to Nantclwyd following the sale in 1963, and positioned as an axial feature in the redesign of the main access to the house by Clough Williams-Ellis for Sir Vivyan Nayler-Leyland. The Gothic pedestal is by E W Pugin.
Exterior
Full size casting of a stag being brought down by hounds, on a Gothic pedestal and three steps. The pedestal has stopped-chamfered corners, a lozenge in a decorative roundel on each face, and floral enrichment in the lower hollow of the cornice.
Reason for designation
A focal element in the scheme of Nantclwyd park improvements by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis; also listed for group value with the other listed items of the Hall and park.
Nearby in the register
- Bridge on the main drive to Nantclwyd HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pont Nant ClwydTransportunder 1 mi
- Nantclwyd HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Lakeside Rotunda at Nantclwyd HallDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.