Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Summerhouse to NE of Coed Helen
Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Coed Helen, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, designated on 10 August 1953.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 10 August 1953
- Locality
- Coed Helen
- Town
- Caernarfon
- Community
- Caernarfon
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.13682, -4.27971
- Cadw reference
- 3817
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 1883 map "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 105 Carnarvon (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
Prominently sited on a hill 350m NE of Coed Helen and ovelooking Caernarfon Castle and town.
History
Probably built in the late C18 as a summerhouse and belvedere in the grounds of Coed Helen, and shown on the 1841 Tithe map with a 5-sided perimeter wall.
Exterior
A castellated 2-stage tower of rendered walls and embattled parapet on a moulded cornice. The E and W faces have a pointed doorway in the lower storey (blocked to the E face) and pointed window above, while the N face has a blocked doorway. The tower is sited on a raised round platform with brick revetment, partly missing, on which a former perimeter wall stood.
Reason for designation
Listed as a prominent summerhouse and eye catcher characteristic of its period, and for its contribution to the historic setting of Caernarfon Castle and town.
Nearby in the register
- Aber Ferry HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Quay walls at Slate QuayMaritimeunder 1 mi
- Police Station, including forecourt railings and gate piersCivilunder 1 mi
- Castell CaernarfonCastleunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.