20476

 

II  

Designated  

08/09/1998  

30/09/1999  

Fountain at end of east vista  

 

Gwynedd  

Llandwrog  

 

Glynllifon  

245970  

355353  

 

Prominently situated at the far end of the main east vista approximately 250m from the house.  

Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces  

 

Part of the 3rd Lord Newborough’s additions to the grounds contemporary with his rebuilding of the house 1836-48. This was one of three fountains he built along the C18 vista on this eastern side of the house and this is the only one to survive complete - that close to the house only retains the pool and the third has completely gone. Glynllifon was the seat of the Wynn family and Sir Thomas John Wynn became the 1st Lord Newborough in 1776. The house was rebuilt after a fire 1836-48 by Edward Haycock, architect of Shrewsbury. Influence for some of the garden features came from the family’s grand tours.  

Low circular pool with stone border and three-tier fountain made up of scalloped bowls of diminishing sizes and with dolphins to the base. The water supply originally came from the cascade to the south  

 

Listed as a fine C19 fountain, an important feature within the especially interesting pleasure grounds associated with Glynllifon