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
22256
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
27/08/1999
Date of Amendment
27/08/1999
Name of Property
Observatory at Bryn Bras Castle
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llanrug
Town
Locality
Bwlch
Easting
254518
Northing
362585
Street Side
Location
Located on rising ground in the 'Woodland Garden' to the east of Bryn Bras Castle.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
The observatory was built in the 1920s during the ownership of Duncan Alves and replaced a summer house previously on the site.
Exterior
Observatory. Circular tower of rather dumpy proportion. Rendered rubblestone on simple plinth with rendered brick parapet and horizontal railing to flat roof. Round-headed windows with iron bars but no glazing and entrance on south-east reached by a short flight of steps; stone corbel table below parapet.
Interior
Interior not accessible at time of Survey (February 1999) but has one ground-floor room with staircase leading to viewing platform on roof.
Reason for designation
Included as one of a number of garden structures erected in the 1920s, an important period for the development of the gardens and grounds at Bryn Bras Castle.
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