Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
3817
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
10/08/1953
Date of Amendment
03/05/2002
Name of Property
Summer House to NE of Coed Helen
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Caernarfon
Town
Caernarfon
Locality
Coed Helen
Easting
247596
Northing
362391
Street Side
Location
Prominently sited on a hill 350m NE of Coed Helen and ovelooking Caernarfon Castle and town.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
Probably built in the late C18 as a summer house and belvedere in the grounds of Coed Helen, and shown on the 1841 Tithe map with a 5-sided perimeter wall.
Exterior
A castellated 2-stage tower of rendered walls and embattled parapet on a moulded cornice. The E and W faces have a pointed doorway in the lower storey (blocked to the E face) and pointed window above, while the N face has a blocked doorway. The tower is sited on a raised round platform with brick revetment, partly missing, on which a former perimeter wall stood.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a prominent summer house and eye catcher characteristic of its period, and for its contribution to the historic setting of Caernarfon Castle and town.
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