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
5713
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
26/03/1973
Date of Amendment
30/06/1998
Name of Property
Ellen's Tower (Twr Ellin)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Isle of Anglesey
Community
Trearddur
Town
Locality
Holyhead Mountain
Easting
220637
Northing
381992
Street Side
Location
In an elevated position, overlooking the sea, c250m SE of South Stack Island.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
Erected in 1868 for Ellin, wife of The Honorable W Owen Stanley M.P., of Penrhos. Dated on a slate plaque fixed on the wall, above the right entrance doorway. Now used as an information centre and observation tower for the RSPB.
Exterior
A picturesque castellated folly, 2-storey and square in plan with an advanced, raised tower at the SE corner. Built of rubble masonry, roughcast rendered with a flat roof and projecting crenellated parapet. The tower has a square-headed entrance in the lower stage with single square-headed light above and 'arrow slits' in each face above. Another square-headed doorway to the right has a slate plaque above which reads: TWR ELLIN, ERECTED IN 1868, BY ELLIN, WIFE OF THE HONBLE W. OWEN STANLEY, M.P. OF PENRHOS, MAY ALL WHO VISIT THIS PLACE BLESS HER MEMORY. BENDITHIED PAWB A YMWELANT A'R LLE HWN EI CHOFFADWRIATH. There are large 3-pane windows in the right return and rear walls with a smaller single pane light in the left return.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a late C19 folly retaining much of its character, and of particular local interest for its connection with the Stanley family of Penrhos.
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