Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Gates to Brynffynnon
Dolgellau, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 19 June 1990
- Community
- Dolgellau
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.74129, -3.88760
- Cadw reference
- 5022
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 1795 "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).
Cadw's description
Location
On the street line where the two branches of Love Lane unite above Bryn House.
History
Late Cl9 by Bayliss Jones and Bayliss of Wolverhampton.
Exterior
Heavy, chamfered cast iron gatepiers with moulded caps and ball finials. Fine cast iron gates with scrolled brackets rising to centre. Scrolled toprail over deeper panels with similar detail. Disc and ray motif to lock rail over close set dogbars.
Reason for designation
Listed as the best example of ironwork in the town and for its streetscape value.
Nearby in the register
- Gatepiers & Walls to entrance to Bryn MairDomesticunder 1 mi
- Stables to Bryn HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bryn HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Coach House to Bryn HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.