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
20497
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
08/09/1998
Date of Amendment
30/09/1999
Name of Property
Cromlech
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llandwrog
Town
Locality
Glynllifon
Easting
245712
Northing
355200
Street Side
Location
Set in a rectangular hollow beside the drive through the plantations approximately 270m south of the house.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Said to have been erected by 2nd Lord Newborough and therefore before 1832 but is more likely to be the work of F G Wynn c1900. It was built as a mock druidical sanctuary.
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.
Exterior
Miniature cromlech of standard type of capstone carried on three monoliths. There was also formerly a tall standing stone to the side but this has now fallen over. Basin within the cromlech.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as one of the more unusual features within this especially fine C19 park at Glynllifon.
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