Gate piers, gates and wall at entrance to Bron-y-Garth
A Grade II Listed Building in Porthmadog, Gwynedd
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Coordinates
Latitude: 52.9203 / 52°55'13"N
Longitude: -4.1323 / 4°7'56"W
OS Eastings: 256740
OS Northings: 338009
OS Grid: SH567380
Mapcode National: GBR 5P.N4P5
Mapcode Global: WH55L.HVGK
Plus Code: 9C4QWVC9+43
Entry Name: Gate piers, gates and wall at entrance to Bron-y-Garth
Listing Date: 26 September 2005
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 85379
ID on this website: 300085379
Location: At the N entrance to the house, on high ground n of Borth-y-Gest.
County: Gwynedd
Town: Porthmadog
Community: Porthmadog
Community: Porthmadog
Built-Up Area: Porthmadog
Traditional County: Caernarfonshire
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Gate
Gatepost
History
Bron y Garth was built in the mid C19 and was extended in the late C19. The entrance gates, piers and wall were built in the late C19 and are first shown on the 1900 Ordnance Survey.
Exterior
Square gate piers of coursed rock-faced stone frame the main entrance and a pedestrian entrance to its L, both of which have boarded wooden gates. On the R side is an curving dwarf wall with rock-faced balustrade, terminating with a ogee-headed boarded door, beyond which is a plainer stone garden wall.
Reasons for Listing
Listed as well-detailed late C19 gate piers, gates and wall, forming a strong visual group with Bron-y-Garth Lodge at the entrance to the house.
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