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
5368
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
12/05/1970
Date of Amendment
Name of Property
Ynys Dulas Tower
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Isle of Anglesey
Community
Llaneilian
Town
Locality
Ynys Dulas
Easting
250170
Northing
390190
Street Side
Location
In an isolated location on the small islet of Ynys Dulas, c1km off the W coast of Anglesey.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Early C19 beacon tower. There are conflicting ideas about the date of construction; Hague states that the tower was built in 1824, while Rowlands writes that it was much later, in 1837, and that the tower was built by Colonel William Lewis Hughes; in 1970 the description of the tower states that a tablet, carved with date 1821 and the name of Colonel James Hughes owner of Ynys Dulas at that time, was 'recently replaced after having been missing and subsequently recovered'. It is certain that the tower was built in the early C19 by the then owner of the Llys Dulas estate, and all agree that the tower was originally kept stocked with food, flint and firewood in case passing mariners were shipwrecked; this practise was curtailed when it was found that some local inhabitants were purloining the provisions.
Exterior
Early C19 beacon tower, a circular ashlar tower with conical roof and doorway to single chamber at ground floor reached by steps.
Interior
Interior not inspected at time of survey.
Reason for designation
Listed as a well-preserved early C19 beacon tower, one of a number providing prominant landmarks off the coastline of the island, but of an individual and striking design.
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