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
4175
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
26/08/1992
Date of Amendment
22/09/1997
Name of Property
Urn and pedestal in formal garden NE of Vaynol Hall.
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Pentir
Town
Bangor
Locality
Vaynol Park
Easting
253749
Northing
369490
Street Side
NW
Location
The formal Italian garden stands between Vaynol Old Hall and Vaynol Hall, in the heart of Vaynol Park. The urn is mounted at the centre of the garden, where a transverse path crosses the main axis leading up to the fountain terrace.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
The urn and pedestal are early to mid C18, in a continental baroque style, and were reset in the formal garden at its inception in c1913.
Exterior
Of Weldon type limestone. A tall swagged urn with a gadrooned base and broad foliated rim below the fruit encrusted cap, set on a panelled and painted pedestal.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a very fine example of its type, and for group value as an important element in this garden associated with Vaynol Hall.
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