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
18679
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
05/08/1997
Date of Amendment
05/08/1997
Name of Property
Columns in the quadrants of the Venetian Garden at Kinmel
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Abergele
Town
Abergele
Locality
Kinmel
Easting
297996
Northing
374971
Street Side
Location
The W Venetian garden is laid out geometrically, with a central pond, clipped yew trees, and features in the four quadrants.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
The origin of the column, now divided into two separate sections, is not known; it probably came from Egypt as a spoil from a grand tour, and circulated in various aristocratic locations before arriving in the present garden.
Exterior
Two halves of a giant porphry column, c62cm in diameter and totalling approximately 4m high, with entasis and neck fillet, set inelegantly in the two W quadrants of the garden, surrounded by a small circular limestone kerb.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for their historic interest and as part of the Venetian garden at the
Grade I Kinmel.
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