Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
19963
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
11/06/1998
Date of Amendment
11/06/1998
Name of Property
Trevor Tower
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Llangollen Rural
Town
Llangollen
Locality
Garth
Easting
325624
Northing
343381
Street Side
Location
Situated on SE edge of Tower Wood on hillside overlooking Vale of Llangollen, about 0.5 km north of Garth.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
Castellated look-out tower built in 1827.
Exterior
Circular 3-storey tower with flared base, slightly projecting castellated parapet and rectangular stair-turret with castellated parapet. Flat roof. Built in irregular, random tooled ashlar stone with raised string courses between floors; copings to parapets are slightly darker colour. Plain doorway with 'Gothick' traceried overlight to SW with square hood moulding; inserted doorway with timber moulding to NW. Rectangular windows with masonry hood moulding, timber central mullions and 16-pane 'Gothick' tracery to each floor. Rainwater head embossed with date '1827' on SW.
Interior
Interior and roof not accessible at time of inspection. Timber ground floor mostly rotted away. Spiral stairs to roof. Sub-rectangular basement with recess on W giving access to underground passage (now blocked) to Trevor Tower Cottage.
Reason for designation
Listed as a fine early C19 folly and for its picturesque appearance in the landscape.
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