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
18677
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
05/08/1997
Date of Amendment
05/08/1997
Name of Property
Gazebo and Summerhouse in Venetian Garden at Kinmel, including attached steps
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Abergele
Town
Abergele
Locality
Kinmel
Easting
297982
Northing
374924
Street Side
Location
The formal sunken garden lies to the W of the main state rooms of Kinmel. The gazebo and summerhouse form the SW corner of the walled area.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
Built as part of the garden layout, probably under the guidance of W A Nesfield, father of the architect of the new Kinmel, in c1870-75.
Exterior
Built of brick with sandstone dressings, as the house. A wide flight of steps with a brick stone-capped balustrade lead up in 2 flights at right angles to a viewing platform, supported on an arched substructure forming a summer house. Round arches with moulded extrados and key on 2 sides, and a square window with eared and shouldered architrave.
Interior
Three shallow brick barrel vaults are carried on iron joists.
Reason for designation
Listed as a fine garden building associated with Nesfield's work at Kinmel.
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