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
20725
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
21/10/1998
Date of Amendment
21/10/1998
Name of Property
Gates and gate-piers at main entrance to Plas Llangattwg
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Llangattock
Town
Locality
Llangattock
Easting
321300
Northing
217915
Street Side
Location
The gates are located at the main entrance to Plas Llangattwg. The entrance is on the W side of the road which leads into the village.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
Probably mid C19. Thought to have been made in a forge at Glangrwyne on the N bank of the Usk, after 1830 by when the road is known to have been realigned from its original route which passed through the grounds of the house. Other pairs of similar gates are found in the locality. Plas Llangattwg, home of the Morgan family, dates from the Tudor period, it was largely rebuilt in the early C18 and substantially remodelled in the late C18.
Exterior
A pair of gates consisting of rows of wrought iron circles. The upper tier have open tops which are twisted. The ironwork is painted white. The gates are fixed to dressed stone piers with swept pyramidal copings. Masonry boundary walls extend from the piers.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a fine pair of C19 wrought iron gates in a distinctive style and having group value with Plas Llangattwg.
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