Full Report for Listed Buildings


Summary Description of a Listed Buildings


Reference Number
14761
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
25/07/1994  
Date of Amendment
25/07/1994  
Name of Property
Screen Wall to Soldier's Point House  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Isle of Anglesey  
Community
Holyhead  
Town
 
Locality
Soldier's Point  
Easting
223653  
Northing
383637  
Street Side
 
Location
To N and NW of Soldier’s Point House.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
Elaborate castellated screen wall, circa 1849, house built for own use by Mr Rigby, contractor of Holyhead breakwater.  

Exterior
Dark local rubble with quartz banding and dressings to arrow loops; rustic, garden architecture type battlements. To N of house, on rocky outcrop, high octagonal tower, castellated, with white quartz band, machicolations, faces of octagon with cruciform loops outlined in white quartz, doorways with shallow arches. Wall steps down to E to low square tower with shallow arched doorway and continues to turret and then similar square tower. To E of this, wall turns slightly SE stepping down between round turrets, terminating in low square tower with shallow-arched doorways. To W of high octagonal tower, wall steps down to blocked gateway flanked by towers, continuing to pier where wall runs S to run down E side of lane in simpler style but with rustic crenellations between stone piers; gateway to rear yard of Soldier’s Point House.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Included as impressive example of style, and for group value with Soldier’s Point House. Group value.  

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