Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
24787
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/02/2001
Date of Amendment
16/02/2001
Name of Property
Folly, Carreglwyd
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Isle of Anglesey
Community
Llanfaethlu
Town
Holyhead
Locality
Carreglwyd
Easting
230738
Northing
387855
Street Side
Location
Set within woodland to W of the walled garden at Carreglwyd; c120m NW of the house.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
C18 folly/lookout tower. Probably built as part of the improvements to the estate which were thought to be carried out under the direction of Mary Trygarn, mother of Holland Griffiths, owner of the estate at that time.
Exterior
Stone steps lead up to a circular viewing platform. Low rubble wall with roughly embattled coping.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as an early C18 folly, which provided a viewing platform over Holyhead harbour. Contemporary with the remodelling of the adjacent house at Carreglwyd and the development of the ancillary estate buildings of the early C18.
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