Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
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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