Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Play House in Bodelwyddan Castle Garden
Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Bodelwyddan Castle, Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire, designated on 6 December 2002.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 6 December 2002
- Locality
- Bodelwyddan Castle
- Community
- Bodelwyddan
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.26008, -3.50369
- Cadw reference
- 80754
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesNational Library of ScotlandDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1963 · Map No. 35 - Local Government Commission for Wales : [Definitive maps showing proposed… (National Library of Scotland)
Cadw's description
Location
About 150m SW of Bodelwyddan Castle, to the N of the Walled Garden and to the W of the Maze. The site is enclosed on its W side by a low limestone rubble wall.
History
The play house was built for the children of Hugh Williams, who succeeded to Bodelwyddan in 1849 and became the 3rd baronet in 1859. The play house was probably built c1850. It is said to have had its interior walls lined in silk. The house was restored in 1986.
The projecting windows (seen in a pre-restoration photograph) may suggest the play house is by the same designer as the north terrace of cottages in Bodelwyddan Village.
Exterior
A small play house built in stretcher-bond brickwork with a slate roof and crested ridge tiles. There is no gutter. Doors in the north and south gable walls, with ventilation holes at top. Two projecting windows to the east with slate roofs. No chimney.
Interior
Said to consist of 2 rooms.
Reason for designation
A well-preserved picturesque play house, un unusual building in the castle garden.
Nearby in the register
- Garden Shelter in Bodelwyddan Castle GardenNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Wall of Bodelwyddan Castle Garden with Bothy at W and Gateway at ENo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Obelisk in Bodelwyddan Castle GardenGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Sundial in Bodelwyddan Castle Walled GardenGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.