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Summer House to NE of Coed Helen

A Grade II Listed Building in Caernarfon, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.1368 / 53°8'12"N

Longitude: -4.2797 / 4°16'46"W

OS Eastings: 247596

OS Northings: 362391

OS Grid: SH475623

Mapcode National: GBR 5H.6JVC

Mapcode Global: WH43F.7F92

Plus Code: 9C5Q4PPC+P4

Entry Name: Summer House to NE of Coed Helen

Listing Date: 10 August 1953

Last Amended: 3 May 2002

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 3817

Building Class: Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces

ID on this website: 300003817

Location: Prominently sited on a hill 350m NE of Coed Helen and ovelooking Caernarfon Castle and town.

County: Gwynedd

Town: Caernarfon

Community: Caernarfon

Community: Caernarfon

Locality: Coed Helen

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

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History

Probably built in the late C18 as a summer house and belvedere in the grounds of Coed Helen, and shown on the 1841 Tithe map with a 5-sided perimeter wall.

Exterior

A castellated 2-stage tower of rendered walls and embattled parapet on a moulded cornice. The E and W faces have a pointed doorway in the lower storey (blocked to the E face) and pointed window above, while the N face has a blocked doorway. The tower is sited on a raised round platform with brick revetment, partly missing, on which a former perimeter wall stood.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a prominent summer house and eye catcher characteristic of its period, and for its contribution to the historic setting of Caernarfon Castle and town.

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