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
22427
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/04/1974
Date of Amendment
30/09/1999
Name of Property
Horse Drinking Trough
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llandwrog
Town
Caernarfon
Locality
Llandwrog
Easting
245120
Northing
356030
Street Side
Location
Situated in rubblestone boundary wall immediately to north-east of Nos.1-3 Tair Ysgol (School Cottages)
Description
Broad Class
Water Supply and Drainage
Period
History
Erected as part of the remodelling of Llandwrog as an estate village by the third Lord Newborough in the mid C19.
Exterior
Small structure built in the style of a classical temple or mausoleum. Uncoursed rubblestone rear and sides with tooled ashlar facade and finely jointed stone slab roof. Front is pedimented with plain moulded cornice and coped parapet. Square-headed recess has massive slate slab with drain-hole forming front of drinking trough.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a well-preserved and distinctive feature of the mid C19 planned estate village. Llandwrog is among the best-preserved such villages in this part of Wales from this period.
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