Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
19825
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
14/05/1998
Date of Amendment
14/05/1998
Name of Property
Bust of Inigo Jones on Pedestal at Plas Brondanw Gardens
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llanfrothen
Town
Locality
Plas Brondanw
Easting
261665
Northing
342346
Street Side
Location
Opposite the iron gate and circular enclosure at the northern boundary of the garden; raised up on a bank and approached by 4 slate-flagged steps.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
C20 bust of the Anglo-Welsh architect Inigo Jones, based on the Van Dyck portrait. Erected 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.
Exterior
Life-sized bust of re-constituted stone, a copy of the standard image; set on a term also of re-constituted stone, inscribed 'Inigo Jones 1573-1652.' Low red brick plinth.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as an integral feature of the nationally important gardens laid out at Plas Brondanw by Clough Williams-Ellis.
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