Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Gate piers, gates and wall at entrance to Bron-y-Garth
Porthmadog, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Porthmadog, Gwynedd, designated on 26 September 2005.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 26 September 2005
- Locality
- Porthmadog
- Town
- Porthmadog
- Community
- Porthmadog
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.92034, -4.13229
- Cadw reference
- 85379
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
At the N entrance to the house, on high ground n of Borth-y-Gest.
History
Bron y Garth was built in the mid C19 and was extended in the late C19. The entrance gates, piers and wall were built in the late C19 and are first shown on the 1900 Ordnance Survey.
Exterior
Square gate piers of coursed rock-faced stone frame the main entrance and a pedestrian entrance to its L, both of which have boarded wooden gates. On the R side is an curving dwarf wall with rock-faced balustrade, terminating with a ogee-headed boarded door, beyond which is a plainer stone garden wall.
Reason for designation
Listed as well-detailed late C19 gate piers, gates and wall, forming a strong visual group with Bron-y-Garth Lodge at the entrance to the house.
Nearby in the register
- Bron y Garth LodgeNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Slate WharfMaritimeunder 1 mi
- Rockcliff, including forecourt railings and gateNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Belle Vue, including forecourt wall and railingsNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.