The Look Out including adjoining walls

Cadw's description

Location

Located on the main village street at the NE end of Cyffin Terrace.

History

Mid C20 folly built by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, architect, owner of the estate and village from 1908 until his death in 1978.

Exterior

Squat cylindrical tower with adjoining walls; of local rubble construction, partly on rock foundations. The tower is of two stages and tapers slightly towards the top; here there is broad string course and a rubble dome surmounted by an urn finial of reconstituted stone. Balustraded opening to road side with shouldered rubble arch; reconstituted stone balustrade. Plain entrance to the rear and small square upper lights to the sides.

Adjoining the Look Out is a short section of curved rubble wall which advances in a convex sweep towards the road. Here it returns at right-angles to run north-eastwards, parallel with the street, for some 10 m at a height of 2.5 m; at the end the wall returns to terminate into a hillslope. To the R of centre, a round-arched opening with a much eroded sandstone head as keystone. Flanking rectangular lights and a further, similar opening to the NE return section; a sandstone ball finial surmounts the wall at the corner.

Reason for designation

Included for its special interest as a folly by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis and for group value with other listed items in Garreg.