Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Ha-Ha to South of Llanidan House
Llanidan, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llanidan, Isle of Anglesey, designated on 30 January 1968.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 30 January 1968
- Locality
- Llanidan
- Community
- Llanidan
- Unitary authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.17694, -4.25313
- Cadw reference
- 5542
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 1883 map "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 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 · 105 Carnarvon (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 41. Anglesey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Curving ha-ha wall to the E and S of Llanidan House, enclosing the garden.
History
Built late C18 as part of the improvements made to the grounds of Llanidan House by Thomas Williams, tenant.
Exterior
Dry-built wall of local stone. Built on NW faces of the ditch enclosing the garden S and E of the house. Parts of the ditch are excavated directly into the rock outcrop.
Reason for designation
Included as a good example of a late C18 ha-ha, associated with the adjacent Llanidan House with which it forms a group.
Nearby in the register
- Llanidan HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- St. Nidan's Church (Old Church)Religious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Old Parish Church, LlanidanChurchunder 1 mi
- Wall of circular churchyard, St. Nidan's Church (Old Church)Religious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.