Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
20500
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
08/09/1998
Date of Amendment
30/09/1999
Name of Property
Pair of Stone Bridges beside Iron Bridge and below Hermitage
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llandwrog
Town
Locality
Glynllifon
Easting
246168
Northing
355538
Street Side
Location
Situated immediately east of the 1840 dated iron footbridge and carrying a path up to the Hermitage.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Possibly part of the 2nd Lord Newborough's many improvements to the pleasure grounds in the 1820's given that one of these bridges carries a path up to the Hermitage which was built c1825. The rubble bridges in the valley tend to be earlier than the iron ones.
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.
Exterior
Pair of rubble bridges. The lower bridge carries the footpath and has flat arch with coping to parapets. The upper bridge has round arch through which passes a waterfall, one of the many garden features.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for group value with neighbouring listed items within these well-preserved C19 pleasure grounds.
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