Gates and Gate Piers at the W end of the Broad Walk
A Grade II Listed Building in Abergele, Conwy
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Coordinates
Latitude: 53.2604 / 53°15'37"N
Longitude: -3.5318 / 3°31'54"W
OS Eastings: 297920
OS Northings: 374810
OS Grid: SH979748
Mapcode National: GBR 3ZSQ.5Y
Mapcode Global: WH65G.Q9DT
Plus Code: 9C5R7F69+57
Entry Name: Gates and Gate Piers at the W end of the Broad Walk
Listing Date: 5 August 1997
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 18691
Building Class: Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
ID on this website: 300018691
Location: The Broad Walk is a landscape feature within the upper part of the gardens, S of Kinmel. The Walk extends in a straight line between the E and W gate of the garden boundary wall.
County: Conwy
Town: Abergele
Community: Abergele
Community: Abergele
Locality: Kinmel
Traditional County: Denbighshire
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History
The gateway and gates are said to be of c1808, and are part of the gardens for the first house, built for the Rev Edward Hughes between 1790 - 1810 by Samuel Wyatt.
Exterior
Piers built of limestone. Channel rusticated piers with inset corners, rising to a half-round necking moulding and a wide moulded cornice, capped by a stilted ball finial set over a step. Plain iron gates with dog rails.
Reasons for Listing
Included as part of the historic gardens surviving at Kinmel, and as one of the few elements remaining from the Samuel Wyatt house erected 1790 - 1810.
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