Full Report for Listed Buildings


The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.

Summary Description


Reference Number
80754
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
06/12/2002  
Date of Amendment
06/12/2002  
Name of Property
Play House in Bodelwyddan Castle Garden  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Denbighshire  
Community
Bodelwyddan  
Town
 
Locality
Bodelwyddan Castle  
Easting
299792  
Northing
374731  
Street Side
 
Location
About 150m SW of Bodelwyddan Castle, to the N of the Walled Garden and to the W of the Maze. The site is enclosed on its W side by a low limestone rubble wall.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
The play house was built for the children of Hugh Williams, who succeeded to Bodelwyddan in 1849 and became the 3rd baronet in 1859. The play house was probably built c1850. It is said to have had its interior walls lined in silk. The house was restored in 1986. The projecting windows (seen in a pre-restoration photograph) may suggest the play house is by the same designer as the north terrace of cottages in Bodelwyddan Village.  

Exterior
A small play house built in stretcher-bond brickwork with a slate roof and crested ridge tiles. There is no gutter. Doors in the north and south gable walls, with ventilation holes at top. Two projecting windows to the east with slate roofs. No chimney.  

Interior
Said to consist of 2 rooms.  

Reason for designation
A well-preserved picturesque play house, un unusual building in the castle garden.  

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