Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Gatepiers and Overthrow linking Plas Brondanw with Brondanw Cottages
Llanfrothen, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Plas Brondanw, Llanfrothen, Gwynedd, designated on 18 July 1990.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 18 July 1990
- Locality
- Plas Brondanw
- Community
- Llanfrothen
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.96009, -4.06129
- Cadw reference
- 5225
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "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).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 119 Snowdon (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Linking Plas Brondanw house to the adjacent cottages at the lower end of the courtyard between the two.
Exterior
Tall, square early C20 rubble gate-piers with small, swept up flanking walls closing the courtyard from the terraced gardens. The piers are capped by cornices and slender urns. Elaborate wrought iron overthrow; gates missing. Semicircular shaped steps.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with Plas Brondanw house and cottages.
Nearby in the register
- Plas BrondanwDomesticunder 1 mi
- Plas Brondanw CottagesDomesticunder 1 mi
- Plas Brondanw CottagesDomesticunder 1 mi
- Plas Brondanw CottagesDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.