Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
15495
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/01/1995
Date of Amendment
31/01/1995
Name of Property
Decorative Garden Gates and Gate Piers at Glan-y-Mawddach
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Barmouth
Town
Locality
Cutiau
Easting
263018
Northing
316707
Street Side
W
Location
Located approximately 50m N of Glan-y-Mawddach and giving on to a long topiary-lined walk.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Exterior
A pair of wrought iron decorative gates and flanking gate piers,erected c.1910 by Mr and Mrs Keighley as part of their important garden layout at Glan-y-Mawddach. Tall dressed rubble piers with plain capping surmounted by classical earthenware urns with swag decoration. The gates have reversed, shaped tops with flame-like finials to plain upper railings, pierced by oval oculi, one to eachgate. Open foliate decoration to central band; straight spear-headed railings to lower section. The L gate pier adjoins a stepped, snecked rubble wall with plain capping which curves S in an arc and terminates after some 20ft at a natural rock outcrop.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as part of the important Edwardian garden layout.
Group value with other listed items at Glan-y-Mawddach
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