Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
18687
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
05/08/1997
Date of Amendment
05/08/1997
Name of Property
St George Gate Lodge to Kinmel Park
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Abergele
Town
Abergele
Locality
St George
Easting
297491
Northing
375694
Street Side
Location
Located at the NW approach to Kinmel Park, at the end of the main street extension in St George village.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
The St George gate once provided a main access to Kinmel. A lodge is said by Fenton to be in the process of erection in 1808, to the design of Gibbs, probably that shown at an angle on the opposite side of the driveway on the 1839 Tithe Map. The present building was probably designed by Thomas Hopper or his office to match the Grecian style of the new house he was building for Hughes, 1st Lord Dinorben, in 1842-3, although it may not have been erected until the early 1860's.
Exterior
A single storey lodge of limestone ashlar, in Grecian style, with a slated roof behind a parapet. The main front, facing the driveway, has the centre bay canted forward to the entrance; two Doric columns in antis carrying a simplified entablature. The sides have segmental headed timber windows with later applied external louvred shutters. Above a plat band, the attic has recessed panels and roundels below the cornice. Polygonal face towards the park, and gable stack. A largely concealed modern extension extends to the rear.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a good example of the Greek Revival style applied to a park lodge in the mid C19, and of group value with the lodge gates and gatepiers.
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