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
26883
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
23/08/2002
Date of Amendment
23/08/2002
Name of Property
Stone needle 500m SW of Plas Penrhyn
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Penrhyndeudraeth
Town
Locality
Minffordd
Easting
258897
Northing
337763
Street Side
Location
In a field on an elevated site some 500m SW of Plas Penrhyn, with commanding views across the Traeth Mawr.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
Apparently built as an eyecatcher to serve Plas Penrhyn, probably at the time of the latter's remodelling for the industrialist Samuel Holland c1830.
Exterior
Narrow stone needle of obelisk type, approximately 3m in height; a single piece of slatestone.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a second-quarter C19 eye-catcher.
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