Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Well in garden wall at Plas Newydd
Llandwrog, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Plas Newydd, Llandwrog, Gwynedd, designated on 30 September 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Water Supply and Drainage
- Date of designation
- 30 September 1999
- Locality
- Plas Newydd
- Community
- Llandwrog
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.06452, -4.31472
- Cadw reference
- 4134
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 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 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)
- 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 · 118 Nevin (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located in the south-west corner of the garden retaining wall to the south-east of the house at Plas Newydd.
History
Likely to date from the C17, the arch to the well, like the retaining wall in which it sits, was probably remodelled c1900 by F G Wynn as part of his extensive work at Plas Newydd.
Exterior
Pointed arch to alcove in garden retaining wall containing water-filled stone basin; the arch has a modern iron gate with the Wynn family emblem of a double-headed eagle. The well is fed by a conduit which brings water from a now silted-up pool in the wood approximately 30m from the house.
Reason for designation
Included as a significant garden feature having group value with the other structures at Plas Newydd.
Nearby in the register
- Plas NewyddDomesticunder 1 mi
- Outbuildings at Plas NewyddDomesticunder 1 mi
- Wood CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Maen Llwyd in GlynllifonStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.