Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
20270
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/07/1998
Date of Amendment
29/07/1998
Name of Property
Gates to E Garden
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Chirk
Town
Wrexham
Locality
Chirk Castle
Easting
326915
Northing
338118
Street Side
Location
The gates are at the N end of the main cross walk at the head of the E gardens of the Castle, set within hedging.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
The E gardens of the castle were started by the construction of a cross terrace in 1761. The gates entering upon the terrace from the N are possibly C18, or C19 copies of similar work.
Exterior
The gates are of wrought iron. Two pairs of gates of decorative scrollwork, the scrolls rising above a horizontal bar, and hung on 3 wrought iron cage piers rising higher than the gates and topped with further light scrolls. To either side, low screen rails with arrow-headed dog rails, bracketed to the main piers with further scrolls.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a striking and flamboyantly designed set of gates forming an appropriate entrance to the eastern gardens of Chirk Castle, which contain a number of listed items.
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