Castellated Gateway and Walls at Rhydyn Hall

The castellated gateway and associated screen walls at Rhydyn Hall are designed in a Picturesque folly style and constructed from sandstone rubble. The walls stand approximately 3.2 meters high and feature crenellated tops. The main lower gateway has a large pointed arch that originally included a wooden portcullis, though most of it is now missing. Flanking the gateway are open pointed arched windows, with additional blind arches on either side. To the left, the wall rises up the hillside in four stages, each topped with a primitive geometric finial. There is also a blind pointed arch with two circular oculi, which were once open but are now blocked and have iron grilles. The wall turns at a right angle to the southeast where it meets the upper drive leading to Rhydyn Hall, running parallel to it for about 20 meters in a similar style. At this point, the wall turns again at a right angle to form an arch over the road, although the arch itself was dismantled a few years ago, leaving only the piers.