Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
24980
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
21/03/2001
Date of Amendment
21/03/2001
Name of Property
Castellated Shooting Hide over Pond Outfall at Nantclwyd Hall
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Llanelidan
Town
Locality
Nantclwyd Hall
Easting
311298
Northing
351567
Street Side
Location
In the informal landscape beyond the south walled garden of Nantclwyd Hall.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
A landscape feature in the grounds of Nantclwyd Hall, added by Clough Williams-Ellis for Sir Vivyan Naylor-Leyland in c1965. It stands beside a pool then formed on a little stream. The arched base of the structure from which the stream emerges is perhaps mid-C19, on the line of a mineral tramway which served limekilns a short distance to the east. The tower provides cover for the shooting of wildfowl.
Exterior
A roughly circular tower in uncoursed local linestone rubble masonry with openings to east and west plus a small window at ground storey, and with an open upper storey reached by a rear staircase. The top is castellated.
Interior
Reason for designation
An element in the scheme of Nantclwyd park improvements by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis; also listed for group value with the other listed items of the Hall and park.
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