Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
14/05/1998
Date of Amendment
14/05/1998
Name of Property
Arched Gate and adjoining Balustrade 200m NE of the New Lodge
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Locality
Plas Brondanw Estate
Location
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.
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
History
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.
Exterior
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.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with the Flaming Urn Monument.
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