Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
21569
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/03/1999
Date of Amendment
30/03/1999
Name of Property
Ornamental Garden Pool at Wern Manor
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Dolbenmaen
Town
Dolbenmaen
Locality
Wern
Easting
254402
Northing
339884
Street Side
N
Location
Wern Manor lies S of Penmorfa village, and is accessed from the main Portmadoc to Cricieth road. The pool is at the E end of the formal garden at the S of the house.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
In 1892 John Douglas, architect of Chester, completely remodelled an existing country house for the engineer R M Greaves who ran the family slate quarries at Blaenau Ffestiniog and was uncle to Sir Clough Williams Ellis, the architect and creator of Portmeirion. The grounds are an early example of the work of Thomas Mawson, the internationally known and most prolific garden designer of his day; here at Wern in 1891-2 he laid out an entirely new terraced garden, with the summer house as its terminal feature and the pool set in a hedged enclosure N of the round-point at the E end of the axial path.
Exterior
The pond, is built of concrete. with some stone dressings, rectangular in form with apsidal bays at each end of lesser depth separated from the main water area by a low weir.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as part of the fine garden scheme laid out by Thomas Mawson at Wern.
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