Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Stone bench seat on W side of Terraced Garden at Vaynol Old Hall
Pentir, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 26 August 1992
- Locality
- Vaynol Park
- Town
- Bangor
- Community
- Pentir
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.20289, -4.19002
- Cadw reference
- 4171
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. The seat is placed at the end of a cross terrace in the Terraced Garden opposite Vaynol Old Hall, and against the wall of the private chapel.
History
Possibly contemporary with the mid or later C17 work in the Terraced Garden opposite the Old Hall.
Exterior
A limestone garden bench, the seat carried on compressed scrolls together with a similar inserted support at the centre. Fluted and curved bench ends and carved nosing to the seat itself. The back is ornamented with cherubs, a lion and pipes etc.
Reason for designation
Included for its group value as a feature within the Grade II* Terraced Garden and other neighbouring listed items.
Nearby in the register
- Arched wall to forecourt of Vaynol Old HallGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Chapel of St Mary to N of Vaynol Old HallReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Gateway with inscription set in N boundary wall of Terrace Garden opposite Vaynol Old HallGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Vaynol Old HallDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.