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
20471
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
08/09/1998  
Date of Amendment
30/09/1999  
Name of Property
Footbridge over Afon Llifon to east of house  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Gwynedd  
Community
Llandwrog  
Town
 
Locality
Glynllifon  
Easting
245818  
Northing
355347  
Street Side
 
Location
Situated approximately 120m east of the house at the beginning of the dingle to south of the main eastern vista; links footpaths along both sides of the Afon Llifon.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
Dated 1826 and therefore part of the 2nd Lord Newborough's many improvements to the pleasure grounds. At about this time he canalised the Afon Llifon so that it ran across the lawn in front of the house (that being the predecessor to the present house erected by the 3rd Lord Newborough). Glynllifon was the seat of the Wynn family and Sir Thomas John Wynn became the 1st Lord Newborough in 1776. The house was rebuilt after a fire 1836-48 by Edward Haycock, architect of Shrewsbury. Influence for some of the garden features came from the family’s grand tours.  

Exterior
Cast-iron footbridge spanning the river with single arched girder, the spandrels of which have circular pattern bracing. High balustrades with quatrefoil band and Gothic arches below the handrail that is rounded at the end. Iron deck. Dated to downstream side and the plate also has the name of the foundry - Cole & Co Iron Foundry Chester.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Included as a dated iron bridge and a significant feature from the early C19 improvements to the fine park at Glynllifon.  

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