Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
The White Gates
Trawsgoed, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 31 March 2004
- Locality
- Trawsgoed
- Town
- Aberystwyth
- Community
- Trawsgoed
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.33616, -3.95038
- Cadw reference
- 82668
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 1830 "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated to S of mansion some 400m SE of Pont Trawsgoed.
History
Gatepiers gates and railings of earlier C19 former main entrance to Trawsgoed, created when the new turnpike road was routed around the estate in the 1780s. The drive is marked on 1845 tithe map.
Exterior
Four tall piers of tooled squared stone with fine cast-iron double gates to centre and matching single gates each side. Curving low rubble walls flanking. Four tall square piers of tooled grey stone with smooth angles, pale grey granite plinth, moulded ashlar string course below the top course, under ashlar stepped cap the top a shallow pyramid. Gates have 2 decorated bands one over dog-bars, one at top, both with rosettes in squares and short spearheads above each square. Top rail also has longer spearheads alternating with each short one. The vertical rails are square section with quadrant-curved angles.
Reason for designation
Included as a good set of country house entrance gates of the earlier C19.
Nearby in the register
- Trawsgoed Roman FortFortunder 1 mi
- Terrace wall and steps at foot of lawn to SW of Trawsgoed HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Ornamental fountain and basin at Trawsgoed HouseGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Garden seat at foot of avenue to SW of back lawn at Trawsgoed HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.