Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Folly tower at Coed Twr
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
- 53.19704, -4.20555
- Cadw reference
- 4204
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
Located near the W edge of Vaynol Park and sited in Vaynol Wood slightly to the N of the highest point, where 4 tracks intersect, and from where wide views can be obtained to the W.
History
Probably built in the mid C18 as a landscape feature at the high point of the Park where it continued to form a landmark. The tower is mentioned in the Estate Papers before 1871.
Exterior
Built of local stone rubble. Circular in plan, with a narrow crenellated parapet. Square headed entrance on the N, set within a tall pointed arch. Four quatrefoils spaced around the top, 2 open to the N, all having red brick surrounds, and 4 flanking slit openings with 7 further slits below. Originally roofed.
Reason for designation
Included as one of a group of early estate buildings on the Vaynol Estate, intended to impart a picturesque quality, fashionable at that period.
Nearby in the register
- BryntirionDomesticunder 1 mi
- Ty GloDomesticunder 1 mi
- Dock at NW edge of Vaynol Park, (including the boathouse)Transportunder 1 mi
- Gate piers on Bryntirion DriveDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.