19817

 

II  

Designated  

14/05/1998  

14/05/1998  

Revettment Walls and Circular Steps to Wall Fountain at Plas Brondanw Gardens  

 

Gwynedd  

Llanfrothen  

 

Plas Brondanw  

261597  

342253  

 

Opposite the main garden entrance and immediately E of the Orangery.  

Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces  

 

Garden feature built by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, architect and owner of the Brondanw estate. The gardens were laid out to his designs in various stages between his inheritance of the estate in 1908 and his death in 1978. He created here one of Wales' most impressive gardens distinctive for its interlinked terraces, compartments and axial vistas that are aligned on the surrounding mountains of Moel Hebog, Moelwyn, Cnicht and Snowdon.  

Rubble-revetted terrace, stepped-down from the upper garden level and with sweeping flights of slatestone steps in perron arrangement; these flank a circular pond and wall fountain. Fine decorative wrought-iron balustrade to top and plain wrought-iron hand-rails to steps, with urn finials. To the rear of the fountain a putto wall mask. On either side of the steps are flanking rubble walls, those to the L low and terminating in a square pier with stone urn finial. To the R the wall is of 2 stages, and steps down to terminate as before; a further, larger urn finial also surmounts the upper section. In front of the fountain a further splayed flight of steps descends to the level of the adjacent orangery; low flanking revettments and wrought-iron handrails as before.  

 

Listed as an integral feature of the nationally important gardens laid out at Plas Brondanw by Clough Williams-Ellis.