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
15744
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
22/02/1995
Date of Amendment
22/02/1995
Name of Property
Ha-Ha Walls to E of Kitchen Garden at Wynnstay Hall
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Ruabon
Town
Locality
Wynnstay
Easting
331208
Northing
342644
Street Side
Location
Tunnel situated 30 m E of Wynnstay Hall.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Part of a scheme for the pleasure gardens drawn up by Lancelot `Capability' Brown between 1777 and 1782.
Exterior
Sandstone and earth ha-ha, running from the terrace to the south of Wynnstay Hall around the S and W sides of the garden, and on northwards to enclose the former kitchen garden and outbuildings. Where the drive enters from the west it forms a massive bank through which the drive continues in the form of a tunnel. The interior of the tunnel is of brick barrel vaulted construction and is faced with rough sandstone blocks.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as an important surviving garden structure at Wynnstay.
Group value with Wynnstay Hall and the other listed garden structures relating to this important period of improvement to the park and garden.
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