Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
84796
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
13/07/2005
Date of Amendment
13/07/2005
Name of Property
Viewing platform and colonnade on the S side of Baron Hill
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Isle of Anglesey
Community
Beaumaris
Town
Beaumaris
Locality
Baron Hill
Easting
259753
Northing
376393
Street Side
Location
On the S side of the house, immediately N of the bridge over the B5109.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
Probably built in the early 1840s when a new main drive S of the house was created, and first shown on an estate plan of 1861. The steps provided access from the drive to the park to the E. Known locally as the pulpit.
Exterior
A freestone semi-circular colonnade with Tuscan columns and entablature. On the outer sides are doorways leading to stone steps, which join and continue upwards beneath a broad viewing platform. At the top of the steps are freestone parapets. The platform retains a freestone parapet to the sides but the balustrade around the front has been lost. Stone steps, the full width of the platform, lead up to the main drive.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed, notwthstanding some loss of parapet, for its special interest as a garden feature of definite architectural quality and character, and as an integral component of Baron Hill and its gardens.
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