Terraced Garden to N of Vaynol Old Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 August 1992. Garden.

Terraced Garden to N of Vaynol Old Hall

WRENN ID
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Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
26 August 1992
Type
Garden
Address
Terraced Garden to N of Vaynol Old Hall, Vaynol Park, Bangor, Pentir
OS grid reference
SH 538 695
Coordinates
53.203, -4.18965
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The terraced garden to the north of Vaynol Old Hall is a walled garden designed in a late medieval to early Renaissance style. It rises from south to north away from the front of the Old Hall and is surrounded on three sides by tall rubble stone walls. Axial rounded steps lead to a narrow crosswalk, which features a private chapel at the west end. From this crosswalk, squared steps ascend to the next level of the garden. In the upper section, there is a circular pond located at a key point along the upper wall, and at the center of the pond is a gateway with inscriptions that provides access to the next walled garden behind the later Dairy Cottage.

Local climate

Terraced Garden to N of Vaynol Old Hall sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,210 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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  2. Gateway with inscription set in N boundary wall of Terrace Garden opposite Vaynol Old Hall Grade II* 15 m
  3. Arched wall to forecourt of Vaynol Old Hall Grade II* 21 m
  4. Chapel of St Mary to N of Vaynol Old Hall Grade I 24 m
  5. Stone bench seat on W side of Terraced Garden at Vaynol Old Hall Grade II 27 m
  6. Walls to inner and outer gardens on E side of Vaynol Old Hall Grade II 29 m
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  8. Dairy Cottage with garden walls to rear. Grade II 42 m
  9. L-shaped courtyard range to rear of Vaynol Old Hall with enclosing yard wall at S end. Grade II 44 m
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