Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
22427
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/04/1974
Date of Amendment
30/09/1999
Name of Property
Horse Drinking Trough
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llandwrog
Town
Caernarfon
Locality
Llandwrog
Easting
245120
Northing
356030
Street Side
Location
Situated in rubblestone boundary wall immediately to north-east of Nos.1-3 Tair Ysgol (School Cottages)
Description
Broad Class
Water Supply and Drainage
Period
History
Erected as part of the remodelling of Llandwrog as an estate village by the third Lord Newborough in the mid C19.
Exterior
Small structure built in the style of a classical temple or mausoleum. Uncoursed rubblestone rear and sides with tooled ashlar facade and finely jointed stone slab roof. Front is pedimented with plain moulded cornice and coped parapet. Square-headed recess has massive slate slab with drain-hole forming front of drinking trough.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a well-preserved and distinctive feature of the mid C19 planned estate village. Llandwrog is among the best-preserved such villages in this part of Wales from this period.
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