Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
16024
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
26/05/1995
Date of Amendment
26/05/1995
Name of Property
Careg Fawr (Arch)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Brithdir and Llanfachreth
Town
Locality
Llanfachreth
Easting
276029
Northing
322078
Street Side
Location
Spanning an unclassified road leading S from Llanfachreth village towards the A 494; approximately 2km from Llanfachreth village.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
Monolithic vernacular arch built c.1820 by Sir Robert Williames Vaughan of Nannau, Bart. as an estate feature, apparently to relieve unemployment.
Exterior
Large rubble-built arch with irregular, flat slate-stone lintel (apparently carried from Harlech). Sloped buttressing to all save the inner sides of the supporting piers with plain string courses in 3 tiers, returned around the sides. Rubble finial to NW side, its complementary one missing.
Interior
Reason for designation
An unusual and eccentric early C19 folly in a commanding position. One of a series of picturesque Nannau estate structures.
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