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
24981
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
21/03/2001
Date of Amendment
21/03/2001
Name of Property
Lakeside Rotunda at Nantclwyd Hall
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Llanelidan
Town
Locality
Nantclwyd Hall
Easting
311235
Northing
352012
Street Side
Location
At south-east of a landscaped lake to the north-east of Nantclwyd Hall.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
A landscape feature in the grounds of Nantclwyd Hall, added by Clough Williams-Ellis for Sir Vivyan Naylor-Leyland in c1965. It stands beside a pool which was much enlarged at this time.
Exterior
An octagonal rotunda on Tuscan columns, with a domed roof crowned by a gilded globe emerging from petals. Stylobate with three concrete steps. The soffit is a flat ceiling painted with the signs of the zodiac.
Interior
Reason for designation
A picturesque element in the scheme of Nantclwyd park improvements by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis; also listed for group value with the other listed items of the Hall and park.
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