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
83470
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/12/2004
Date of Amendment
30/12/2004
Name of Property
Tower at Glyn Cywarch
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Talsarnau
Town
Locality
Glyn Cywarch
Easting
260558
Northing
333913
Street Side
NE
Location
In private grounds set well back from the NE side of the B4573, to S of Glan-y-wern and SE of Eisingrug; the tower is in an elevated position along a track c350m SW of the house at Glyn Cywarch.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
Late C19 observation tower, erected in 1881.
Exterior
Circular look out tower, built of stone, standing to a height of c.6m and with an internal diameter of c.4m. The ground floor is open fronted to the SE, with the upper floor supported on circular iron pillars. The platform roof is reached via stone steps and wooden stairs to the rear (NW), and has a low parapet wall with embattled coping. There are 2 steps from the ground floor down to a path that runs round the tower and has a low parapet wall of mortared rubble masonry.
Interior
The interior was not inspected at the time of the survey.
Reason for designation
Included as a tower and viewing platform that formed an integral part of the development of the estate grounds at Glyn Cywarch in the latter part of the C19.
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