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
19885
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
20/05/1998
Date of Amendment
20/05/1998
Name of Property
Privy tower at Porthamel
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Isle of Anglesey
Community
Llanidan
Town
Locality
Porthamel
Easting
250639
Northing
367898
Street Side
Location
Located to the S of Porthamel house, in the corner of the garden. The tower is set alongside a former road (now disused) leading up from the the Menai Strait.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Probably mid C19, used as a privy, but possibly built as an folly or observation tower, exploiting a commanding position overlooking the Menai Strait.
Exterior
A square tower with tapering sides, walls of pink gritstone rubble. Single door to E side with pointed arch lintel. The walls of the tower are ruinous and the roof is missing. Abutting to the N is a garden wall which incorporates a pointed arch gateway.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as an unusual, functional, garden structure, which forms part of a group with Porthamel house.
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