Footbridge over service drive to west of Glynllifon House, Llandwrog, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.0734 / 53°4'24"N

Longitude: -4.3063 / 4°18'22"W

OS Eastings: 245586

OS Northings: 355391

OS Grid: SH455553

Mapcode National: GBR 5G.BJD4

Mapcode Global: WH43S.T0JQ

Plus Code: 9C5Q3MFV+8F

Entry Name: Footbridge over service drive to west of Glynllifon House

Listing Date: 8 September 1998

Last Amended: 30 September 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 20450

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300020450

Location: Spanning the rear service drive to west of the house.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Llandwrog

Locality: Glynllifon

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

Tagged with: House

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History

Dated 1840 and so contemporary with the rebuilding of the house and stables and general estate improvements by the 3rd Lord Newborough. Said to have given access from the laundry to the area in which the clothes were hung out to dry.

Glynllifon was the seat of the Wynn family and Sir Thomas John Wynn became the 1st Lord Newborough in 1776. The house was rebuilt after a fire 1836-48 by Edward Haycock, architect of Shrewsbury.

Exterior

Cast-iron pedestrian bridge spanning the service drive and carried on the tops of the flanking rubble walls. Girders and parapets all latticed and the deck is also iron. The parapets curve outwards to end in balusters.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a good dated example of mid C19 iron bridge and for group value with the many other listed items associated with Glynllifon.

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II L-shaped screen wall adjoining stables and workshops at west end of service drive to kitchen court
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II Palm House including former Eagle House
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II Inner arched entrance to courtyard between Palm House and Workshops
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Footbridge over service drive to west of Glynllifon House

A Grade II Listed Building in Llandwrog, Gwynedd