Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
22259
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
27/08/1999
Date of Amendment
27/08/1999
Name of Property
Gladiator statue (north) at Bryn Bras Castle
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llanrug
Town
Locality
Bwlch
Easting
254367
Northing
362587
Street Side
Location
One of a pair of statues standing on a small lawned area in the garden to the east of Bryn Bras Castle.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
One of a number of statues (several have now gone) brought in by Duncan Alves during his works to the gardens and grounds in the 1920s.
Exterior
Statue. Stone figure of gladiator, copied from Antonio Canova's sculpture, commissioned by Pope Pius VII (c.1796), the original of which is now in the Vatican Museum, Rome. The figure stands on a high plinth with moulded base and capping but lacks the disc/shield which it formerly held in the left hand above its head.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as one of a number of garden structures erected during the 1920s, an important period in the development of the gardens and grounds at Bryn Bras Castle.
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