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.
Date of Designation
05/08/1997
Date of Amendment
05/08/1997
Name of Property
Lodge to Bryngwenallt
Location
The lodge is located close to the road, at the bottom of the driveway that winds up through the gardens to Bryngwenallt.
History
Built c1867 by Richard Owens, architect of Liverpool, for the industrialist John Roberts. Richard Owens had been surveyor to his father, David Roberts, before starting his own practice which specialised in chapel building. Bryngwenallt is a rare surviving example of a domestic building by this prolific architect.
Exterior
Built of snecked ashlar limestone, with banded blue and green slate roofs with red ridge tiles. One storey and attic, 'T'-plan, with cross wing having a gabled end with a canted stone mullioned bay window overlooking the drive. Shallow square bay window to the first structural bay, and a door at the junction of the two wings. Steeply pitched roof with fretted bargeboards and terminal finials, and stone stacks.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with the contemporary Bryngwenallt which is a notable Victorian mansion.
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