Walled 'knot' garden at Bryn Bras Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 27 August 1999. Garden.

Walled 'knot' garden at Bryn Bras Castle

WRENN ID
stony-forge-umber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
27 August 1999
Type
Garden
Address
Walled 'knot' garden at Bryn Bras Castle, Bwlch, Llanrug
OS grid reference
SH 544 625
Coordinates
53.1401, -4.17795
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The walled 'knot' garden at Bryn Bras Castle is a near rectangular area measuring approximately 300 by 300 meters, slightly longer from east to west than from north to south. It features a high, roughly coursed rubblestone wall on the north side facing the road, which has a brick lining on its southern face. The west and south walls are made of rubblestone and are battlemented with open arches, standing about 3.5 meters tall, while the eastern wall is lower. There are three entrances to the garden: the main entrance is located towards the west on the south side, featuring tall white-painted wrought-iron gates made by Brunswick Ironworks in Caernarfon during the 1920s. Another entrance is found in the north-west corner, consisting of wooden doors that lead to the road and a boiler/potting shed area, and a small iron gate in the north-east corner provides access to brick and slate steps.

Against the north wall towards the east end, there is a completely restored lean-to glass house designed for vines. The battlements of the south wall are adorned with two stone eagles flanking a built-in sundial. The garden is designed with box hedges, originally planted in the 1920s, and features near symmetrical gravel paths along with a variety of shrubs, trees, and flowers.

Local climate

Walled 'knot' garden at Bryn Bras Castle sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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