Garden House, Abergele, Conwy

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.258 / 53°15'28"N

Longitude: -3.5227 / 3°31'21"W

OS Eastings: 298520

OS Northings: 374528

OS Grid: SH985745

Mapcode National: GBR 3ZVR.4S

Mapcode Global: WH65G.VCQP

Plus Code: 9C5R7F5G+6W

Entry Name: Garden House

Listing Date: 5 August 1997

Last Amended: 5 August 1997

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 18717

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300018717

Location: The house is set by the present entrance driveway from Glascoed, at the S point of Old Kinmel gardens.

County: Conwy

Town: Abergele

Community: Abergele

Locality: Kinmel

Traditional County: Flintshire

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History

The house was built in 1853 by Hugh Robert Hughes, nephew to William Lewis Hughes, 2nd Baron Dinorben,who had died the previous year. It is the first element of his extensive building programme at Kinmel.

Exterior

Built of coursed limestone, with slate roofs. Gothic style house of 2 storeys, with two gables to each front, and stone stacks. The E wing gable is set forward, with the entrance door on the W. Three-light trefoil-headed painted stone windows to each floor, but 4-light on the N of the W range, facing the extensive view. Minimal bargeboards. Stone stack with battered top section, with yellow pots on the stack on the W gable. On the N side, a heraldic stone carving displaying the Hughes arms impaling Ravensworth, the Lewis arms omitted.

Interior

Not accessible at the time of inspection, March 1997.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a good and well preserved example of an estate cottage, a precursor of the Victorian work at Kinmel showing the style first adopted.

External Links

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Ruins of Old Kinmel, in the grounds of Kinmel Park
The ruins stand forlornly in the former garden enclosure attached to the SW side of the kitchen gardens of Kinmel.
II Kitchen Garden Walls SE of Kinmel
The kitchen garden stands aproximately 300m SE of the service end of Kinmel, and beyond the driveway to Garden House.
II Icehouse to the NW of the Kitchen Garden at Kinmel
The icehouse stands about 70m NW of the kitchen garden, backing into a slight hill in the park, planted with evergreens.
II Gates and Gate Piers at the E end of the Broad Walk
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.
II Adam and Eve Gate at Kinmel
Located at the beginning of the sunken curved driveway to the stables and service end of Kinmel.
II Garden Bridge and attached sunken service road walls and abutments at Kinmel
The bridge spans the sunken curved service access to the stables and rear of Kinmel, and carries the rhododendron walk up to the Broad Walk.
II* Coach-house and Stable Range at Kinmel with terrace walls, steps and archway to E
The stable range extends at right angles, at the S end of the main W elevation of Kinmel, and set above of a series of 3 retained terraces.
II* Entrance Screen to the main entrance front at Kinmel
The screen encloses the court d'honneur on the E, in front of the E entrance elevation of Kinmel.

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Garden House

A Grade II Listed Building in Abergele, Conwy