Main Entrance to Vaynol Park, including flanking approach walls, is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 August 1992. Entrance.
Main Entrance to Vaynol Park, including flanking approach walls,
- WRENN ID
- watchful-sentry-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1992
- Type
- Entrance
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The main entrance to Vaynol Park, including the flanking approach walls, is constructed of rock-faced snecked rubble with freestone dressings. This tripartite entrance features a free Indian style design, characterized by tapered pilasters and flat pyramidal finials, along with a bracketed cornice that is also repeated on the piers of the flanking walls. The main carriageway has a segmental arch, while the flanking pedestrian arches are semi-circular headed, all adorned with voussoirs. The entrance is completed with iron gates that feature scrollwork below the lock rail. Each side has additional 'bays', each containing a semi-circular headed opening with iron bars.
The boundary walls, which adjoin at right angles and gently step downwards, are designed similarly to the main entrance and create a pair of deep quadrants, each consisting of 8 bays and exhibiting more intricate detailing than the main wall. These walls have battered sections, a plinth, channelled freestone pilasters, coping, and finials. Each bay features distinctive voussoired straight-sided oval openings, also with iron bars. On the southwest side, near the main entrance, one bay is opened between piers, providing access to the drive leading to Wern-y-Gogas.
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Nearby listed buildings
- Grand Lodge at Main Entrance to Vaynol Park
- Boundary Wall to Vaynol Park, including railings along the Menai Strait shore.
- Wern Gogas
- Stables and Brood Mare's Yard
- Vaynol Hall
- The Best Stables on S side of Vaynol Old Hall and courtyard walls.
- Urn and pedestal in formal garden NE of Vaynol Hall.
- Walls to inner and outer gardens on E side of Vaynol Old Hall
- Vaynol Old Hall
- Classical bust on stele in niche of garden wall at Vaynol Old Hall.