Rubble Footbridge below the Hermitage, Llandwrog, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.0747 / 53°4'28"N

Longitude: -4.297 / 4°17'49"W

OS Eastings: 246214

OS Northings: 355520

OS Grid: SH462555

Mapcode National: GBR 5H.B6NF

Mapcode Global: WH43L.YZY7

Plus Code: 9C5Q3PF3+V5

Entry Name: Rubble Footbridge below the Hermitage

Listing Date: 8 September 1998

Last Amended: 30 September 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 20479

Building Class: Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces

ID on this website: 300020479

Location: Situated approximately 500m east of the house and immediately below the Hermitage.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Llandwrog

Locality: Glynllifon

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

Tagged with: Bridge

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History

Probably contemporay with the Hermitage which is known to have been built c1825 by the 2nd Lord Newborough.

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. Influence for some of the garden features came from the family’s grand tours.

Exterior

Simple single-arch rustic rubble footbridge with unlaid path to ramped deck. Closed at time of inspection.

Reasons for Listing

Included for group value with the Hermitage and other listed footbridges within these especially well-preserved pleasure grounds.

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Hermitage
Situated approximately 500m east of the house and uphill from the valley of the Afon Llifon
II Rubble Footbridge uphill from Hermitage
Situated approximately 50m east of, and uphill from, the Hermitage.
II Pair of Stone Bridges beside Iron Bridge and below Hermitage
Situated immediately east of the 1840 dated iron footbridge and carrying a path up to the Hermitage.
II Iron Footbridge over Afon Llifon
Situated approximately 500m north-east of the house at the base of the footpath up to the Hermitage.
II Stone Footbridge to north-east of the Fountain at the end of the vista
Spanning the Afon Llifon approximately 400m east of the house and 160m north-east of the Cascade and Fountain; in the lower part of the dingle with weir to east.
II Cave on south-east side of Afon Llifon approximately 190m south-west of the bridge over East Drive
Situated next to a small path set back in woodland on the south-east side of the Afon Llifon, approximately 0.9km north-east of the house.
II Ionic Column on former East Drive
Situated in the middle of the former east drive on the hill immediately to north of the fountain at the end of the east vista.
II Eastern Cavern north of the path near main east vista fountain
Situated near the end of the east vista and to the east of the adjacent cavern or fernery; approximately 260m east of the house.

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Rubble Footbridge below the Hermitage

A Grade II Listed Building in Llandwrog, Gwynedd