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
20244
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/07/1998
Date of Amendment
29/07/1998
Name of Property
Gazebo
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Chirk
Town
Wrexham
Locality
Chirk Castle
Easting
327219
Northing
338138
Street Side
Location
The gazebo stands at the far end of the E gardens, facing S along the ha-ha wall.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
The gazebo was designed and built in 1767 by William Emes, landscape architect and pupil of Launcelot Brown, at which time it was called a 'retreat seat'.
Exterior
The building is in brick, in the form of a classical temple with a Venetian style open front, the slender stone paired Tuscan columns supporting an entablature which is arched with an architrave over the wider centre bay of three. High parapet over the entablature.
Interior
The building is rectangular in plan behind the facade, and is vaulted in plaster. A timber seat is set against the rear wall.
Reason for designation
Included as a fine example of an C18 garden building, of importance in the context of the landscaped gardens at Chirk Castle.
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