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
4176
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
26/08/1992
Date of Amendment
22/09/1997
Name of Property
Putti and pedestal in formal Garden NE of Vaynol Hall.
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Pentir
Town
Bangor
Locality
Vaynol Park
Easting
253735
Northing
369523
Street Side
NW
Location
The formal Italian garden stands between Vaynol Old Hall and Vaynol Hall, in the heart of Vaynol Park.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
Probably mid C18 and placed in the Italian Garden at its inception c1913.
Exterior
Made of lead and mounted on a stone pedestal. One of a pair of garden figures depicting two standing putti disporting themselves with bunches of grapes, with vines wrapping around their waists, a cornucopiae at their feet. The pedestal is octagonal and is set on a stone platform in the grassed upper bay of the garden.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a figure of interest, and as an important element of group value in the garden associated with Vaynol Hall.
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