Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
26272
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
28/03/2002
Date of Amendment
28/03/2002
Name of Property
Gate piers and flanking walls at Pennsylvania Lodge
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Mostyn
Town
Locality
Whitford
Easting
314528
Northing
378452
Street Side
Location
At the S entrance to Mostyn Park approximately 300m NW of Whitford Church on the N side of a minor road between Whitford and Tre-Mostyn.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
Mostyn Hall is a large country house, the seat of the Mostyn family and its antecedents since the C15. The house, mainly of the C16 and C17, was extensively remodelled by Ambrose Poynter, architect, in 1846-7, subsequent to which a series of lodges and gates were added at the various entrances to the park. The gateway, at the entrance to Mostyn Park from Whitford village, is probably contemporary with Pennsylvania Lodge, which was built in 1849, and shown clearly on the 1871 Ordnance Survey. It is within a S extension of Mostyn Park made in the early C19 by acquiring land previously belonging to the Bychton Estate.
Exterior
Of ashlar masonry and comprising square gate piers with pyramidal caps, set back at an angle to the road. Flanking walls are aligned to the road and have saddleback copings and terminate in square piers with pyramidal caps.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as one of a fine group of C19 lodges and gates forming the architectural setting of Mostyn Park.
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