Pair of Stone Bridges beside Iron Bridge and below Hermitage, Llandwrog, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.0749 / 53°4'29"N

Longitude: -4.2977 / 4°17'51"W

OS Eastings: 246168

OS Northings: 355538

OS Grid: SH461555

Mapcode National: GBR 5H.B6GW

Mapcode Global: WH43L.YZM3

Plus Code: 9C5Q3PF2+WW

Entry Name: Pair of Stone Bridges beside Iron Bridge and below Hermitage

Listing Date: 8 September 1998

Last Amended: 30 September 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 20500

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300020500

Location: Situated immediately east of the 1840 dated iron footbridge and carrying a path up to the Hermitage.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Llandwrog

Locality: Glynllifon

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

Tagged with: Stone bridge

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History

Possibly part of the 2nd Lord Newborough's many improvements to the pleasure grounds in the 1820's given that one of these bridges carries a path up to the Hermitage which was built c1825. The rubble bridges in the valley tend to be earlier than the iron ones.

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

Pair of rubble bridges. The lower bridge carries the footpath and has flat arch with coping to parapets. The upper bridge has round arch through which passes a waterfall, one of the many garden features.

Reasons for Listing

Included for group value with neighbouring listed items within these well-preserved C19 pleasure grounds.

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Other nearby listed buildings

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 Hermitage
Situated approximately 500m east of the house and uphill from the valley of the Afon Llifon
II Rubble Footbridge below the Hermitage
Situated approximately 500m east of the house and immediately below the Hermitage.
II Rubble Footbridge uphill from Hermitage
Situated approximately 50m east of, and uphill from, 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 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.
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.

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Pair of Stone Bridges beside Iron Bridge and below Hermitage

A Grade II Listed Building in Llandwrog, Gwynedd