19794

 

II  

Designated  

14/05/1998  

14/05/1998  

Arched Gate and adjoining Balustrade 200m NE of the New Lodge  

 

Gwynedd  

Llanfrothen  

 

Plas Brondanw Estate  

261513  

342121  

 

Located on the wooded SE side of a lane leading from the New Lodge to Plas Brondanw, in front of the waterfall and disused quarry below the Flaming Urn Monument.  

Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces  

 

Constructed c1953 by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, architect and owner of the estate, as a visual foil for the Flaming Urn Monument, built to commemorate the rebuilding (after fire) of Plas Brondanw. The disused quarry beneath the monument was turned into a landscape feature with waterfall and pool; this architectural feature was designed to complement and enhance this. One of a number of follies and ''eye catchers'' erected by the architect on the estate and in the village of Garreg.  

Architectural ''folly'' composition consisting of a curved section of wall with arched gateway and gate, and an adjoining balustraded parapet. The wall is of local rubble and curves in a convex arc towards the road to the W. It rises in stages to a maximum height of roughly 2.2m at the arch; this is round-headed and has a simple decorative wrought iron gate with small crown-motif overthrow. Above this, surmounting the wall''s slate capping, is a sandstone ball finial. The wall steps down in 4 stages to the R where it curves again to join the balustrade. This is of sandstone and is reused C19 material; it is some 2.5m long and has turned balusters and a moulded rail between square piers with lozenge decoration to the main faces. The balustrade has a culvert passing beneath it, carrying the excess from the waterfall beneath the road. In front, a section of cobbled pavement with, to the L a partly-cobbled path leading to the neighbouring arch.  

 

Included for group value with the Flaming Urn Monument.