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
18689
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
05/08/1997
Date of Amendment
05/08/1997
Name of Property
Adam and Eve Gate at Kinmel
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Abergele
Town
Abergele
Locality
Kinmel
Easting
298273
Northing
374855
Street Side
Location
Located at the beginning of the sunken curved driveway to the stables and service end of Kinmel.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
The heraldry of the gate indicates that it was erected by the first baron Dinorben, as it bears the Hughes arms with the Lewis shield superimposed over the upper rose, as was used between 1831, the year of his elevation to the title, and 1852. It would thus be contemporary with Thomas Hopper's house, and earlier than Nesfield's work on the present Kinmel.
Exterior
Sandstone. Segmental arch springing from slight piers in the boundary wall of the gardens, carrying a superstructure which includes two fully dressed figures, called Adam and Eve, seated on a block, on each side of a crested Hughes coat of arms. Gates missing.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as an earlier C19 element in the important landscaped gardens associated with this nationally important country house.
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