Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
26/07/2000
Date of Amendment
26/07/2000
Name of Property
Cock Pit at Peniarth Uchaf
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Location
The cock pit is set on a natural rocky outcrop, opposite the front elevation of Peniarth-uchaf.
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
History
Built probably in the C18 or early C19 before cock-fighting was banned in Britain in 1849.
Exterior
The cockpit is circular on plan and c3m in diameter, constructed of local stone rubble forming walls c1.2m high capped by inward sloping copings forming a drip internally. Cut into the copings are rectangular emplacements for timber posts, presumably to support a covering roof, now lost. A gap in the wall at the NE side provides an entrance, with a step down into the ring.
Reason for designation
Included, notwithstanding its present poor condition, as an example of a rare class of building of special interest for its relationship to the house.
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