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
20476
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
08/09/1998  
Date of Amendment
30/09/1999  
Name of Property
Fountain at end of east vista  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Gwynedd  
Community
Llandwrog  
Town
 
Locality
Glynllifon  
Easting
245970  
Northing
355353  
Street Side
 
Location
Prominently situated at the far end of the main east vista approximately 250m from the house.  

Description


Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces  
Period
 

History
Part of the 3rd Lord Newborough’s additions to the grounds contemporary with his rebuilding of the house 1836-48. This was one of three fountains he built along the C18 vista on this eastern side of the house and this is the only one to survive complete - that close to the house only retains the pool and the third has completely gone. 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
Low circular pool with stone border and three-tier fountain made up of scalloped bowls of diminishing sizes and with dolphins to the base. The water supply originally came from the cascade to the south  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Listed as a fine C19 fountain, an important feature within the especially interesting pleasure grounds associated with Glynllifon  

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