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Gladiator statue (north) at Bryn Bras Castle

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanrug, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.1405 / 53°8'25"N

Longitude: -4.1786 / 4°10'43"W

OS Eastings: 254367

OS Northings: 362587

OS Grid: SH543625

Mapcode National: GBR 5M.65DZ

Mapcode Global: WH54L.SBC8

Plus Code: 9C5Q4RRC+5G

Entry Name: Gladiator statue (north) at Bryn Bras Castle

Listing Date: 27 August 1999

Last Amended: 27 August 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 22259

Building Class: Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces

ID on this website: 300022259

Location: One of a pair of statues standing on a small lawned area in the garden to the east of Bryn Bras Castle.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Llanrug

Community: Llanrug

Locality: Bwlch

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

Tagged with: Statue

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History

One of a number of statues (several have now gone) brought in by Duncan Alves during his works to the gardens and grounds in the 1920s.

Exterior

Statue. Stone figure of gladiator, copied from Antonio Canova's sculpture, commissioned by Pope Pius VII (c.1796), the original of which is now in the Vatican Museum, Rome. The figure stands on a high plinth with moulded base and capping but lacks the disc/shield which it formerly held in the left hand above its head.

Reasons for Listing

Included as one of a number of garden structures erected during the 1920s, an important period in the development of the gardens and grounds at Bryn Bras Castle.

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