Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Gateway with inscription set in N boundary wall of Terrace Garden opposite Vaynol Old Hall
Pentir, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II*
- Broad class
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 3 March 1966
- Locality
- Vaynol Park
- Town
- Bangor
- Community
- Pentir
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.20301, -4.18987
- Cadw reference
- 4170
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 1896 "Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Set in the heart of Vaynol Park, at the N end of the Terraced Garden opposite the N front of Vaynol Old Hall.
History
Erected in 1634 to embellish the Terrace Garden, and to provide a link to the rear garden. The arch carries the initials TW/K for Sir Thomas and Katherine Williams. Thomas was the 3rd son of William Williams of Cochwillan.
Exterior
Of dressed stone. A 4-centred arched gateway with a distinctive stepped hood, with a projecting keystone dated 1634 and initialled TW/K. It has stilted hoodmould and moulded jambs, the spandrels now eroded. The inner arch is touchingly inscribed on the soffit "Ye mystic Garden Fold Me Close I love Thee Well", and below, "Beloved Vaynol". In the opening, a scrolled C17 ironwork gate with a flat pointed arch.
Reason for designation
Listed II* as an important dated element in the remarkable Terraced Garden facing Old Vaynol Hall.
Nearby in the register
- Chapel of St Mary to N of Vaynol Old HallReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Arched wall to forecourt of Vaynol Old HallGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Terraced Garden to N of Vaynol Old HallGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Stone bench seat on W side of Terraced Garden at Vaynol Old HallGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.