Wern Lodge, Dolbenmaen, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9354 / 52°56'7"N

Longitude: -4.1719 / 4°10'19"W

OS Eastings: 254124

OS Northings: 339763

OS Grid: SH541397

Mapcode National: GBR 5N.M11Q

Mapcode Global: WH55K.WHJ0

Plus Code: 9C4QWRPH+56

Entry Name: Wern Lodge

Listing Date: 15 June 1993

Last Amended: 30 March 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 4629

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300004629

Location: The lodge stands back from the road, N of the railway bridge on the S approach drive to Wern, and faces the main, south, drive at its gated entrance.

County: Gwynedd

Town: Dolbenmaen

Community: Dolbenmaen

Locality: Wern

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

Tagged with: Gatehouse

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History

Wern Manor is a small country house built by John Douglas of Chester in 1892 for the mining engineer R M Greaves. The lodge stands on the main approach driveway from the S and may predate the reconstruction of the house, as the style is that adopted by James Brynker in the earlier C19 (Wern formed part of the Brynkir estate during the C19).

Exterior

Built of rubble stonework with a slate roof. Single-storey and attic lodge with wide bracketed eaves. The gabled front is set forward between the lean-to side wings, and has distinctive wave-pattern bargeboards, pendant and tall finial; this detail is continued either side on the lean-to wings. The front has circular window with leaded glazing over a patterned-slate lean-to porch extending the full width which is ornately bracketed and open-fronted. The central door is flanked by diamond-leaded 2-light windows which are repeated around the corner. The set-back lean-tos either side have fishscale slate hoods over shallow bays with similar glazing. Symmetrical stone chimneys either side of the central block, both pierced.

Interior

Not seen at the time of inspection.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a C19 lodge in a distinctive architectural idiom and for group value with Wern Manor and associated listed items.

External Links

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Gates to Wern Manor
The gates are adjacent to the lodge, on the S approach drive to Wern.
II Front Terrace, Balustrade and Steps at Wern Manor
The terrace is in front of the main SW elevation of Wern Manor.
II Courtyard Ranges to the W of Wern Manor, including Stables, Coachhouse and Tower
Wern is a small country house set in its own grounds approximately 2km W of Tremadoc and 0.5km S of Penmorfa; reached from A 497 along a private drive. The stables and coach-house are immediately to
II* Wern Manor
The manor is set in its own grounds, some 2km W of Tremadoc and S of Penmorfa village, and can be reached by the private driveway from the main road.
II Summer House at Wern Manor
Wern Manor is a small country house approximately 2km W of Tremadoc. The gardens lies to the S and E of the house with the summer-house at the E end of the formal layout.
II Ornamental Garden Pool at Wern Manor
Wern Manor lies S of Penmorfa village, and is accessed from the main Portmadoc to Cricieth road. The pool is at the E end of the formal garden at the S of the house.
II Bryn-y-wern
The house stands NW of Wern Manor, and approximately 200m S of the Church of St Beuno in the village of Penmorfa.
II Chest Tomb in churchyard of the Church of St Beuno
The Church of St Bueno lies along a minor road running SW from Penmorfa. The chest tomb is close to the SE angle of the chancel.

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Wern Lodge

A Grade II Listed Building in Dolbenmaen, Gwynedd