Entrance to Twyn yr Hydd and Flanking Walls is a Grade II listed building in the Neath Port Talbot local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 April 2000. Entrance structure.
Entrance to Twyn yr Hydd and Flanking Walls
- WRENN ID
- fossil-balcony-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 25 April 2000
- Type
- Entrance structure
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The entrance to Twyn yr Hydd features square piers and flanking walls made of narrow coursed sandstone, topped with flat stone coping. The piers have quoins and tall gate piers that are capped with flat two-tier capstones. Short walls on either side of the gate piers lead to quadrant walls that curve out to the south and then to the east and west. These walls end in shorter piers, similar to the gateway piers but topped with ball finials. The piers are flanked by low sections of wall that support ornate cast iron screens. These screens have a frieze of scrolls above and below the top rails, from which narrow wave finials rise. Below the dog rails, arched heads connect the sections, also featuring wave finials. Beyond the screens are additional piers with ball finials and more short wall sections. To the west, there is another quadrant wall with an end pier, which connects to a dressed stone wall with stone coping that encircles the garden as a ha-ha. The wall to the east ends after a short distance, while another wall runs northward, and another runs southeast, appearing to act as a buttress. This southeast wall steps down in stages with a curved coping and is interrupted by piers with ball finials. To the north, there is a section with an iron screen, leading to a recessed symmetrical area containing two iron screens between two short quadrant walls. The wall continues for a short distance to the north.
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