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
19821
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
14/05/1998
Date of Amendment
14/05/1998
Name of Property
Raised Balustraded Terrace immediately W of Plas Brondanw
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llanfrothen
Town
Locality
Plas Brondanw
Easting
261622
Northing
342296
Street Side
Location
Prominently sited in front of the house, under the canopy of an old evergreen oak tree.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
Garden feature built by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, architect and owner of the Brondanw estate. The gardens were laid out to his designs in various stages between his inheritance of the estate in 1908 and his death in 1978. He created here one of Wales' most impressive gardens distinctive for its interlinked terraces, compartments and axial vistas that are aligned on the surrounding mountains of Moel Hebog, Moelwyn, Cnicht and Snowdon.
Exterior
Oval slate-flagged terrace with rubble revettment walls to the W (front) and sides, where the ground slopes away; the E (house-facing) side is at ground level and is open to the centre. Simple balustrading of reconstituted stone sweeps in arcs to L and R to terminate at the house end in square, cement-stone Art Deco flower pots with rusticated pier bases; on the garden side, the balustrading terminates at a central opening with plain rusticated limestone piers with large flaming urn finials of cement-stone. Perron-style steps lead down on L and R to lower level, with re-used wrought-iron balustrading with scrollwork and urn finials (painted in the distinctive Clough Williams-Ellis blue); steps composed of cement, re-used dressed limestone and cobbles. Below the stair, a central, semi-circular moulded stone arched niche; within, a moulded basket of fruit in cement-stone.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as an integral feature of the nationally important gardens laid out at Plas Brondanw by Clough Williams-Ellis.
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