Lady Eleanor's Tower, Llanddulas and Rhyd-y-Foel (Llanddulas a Rhyd-y-Foel), Conwy

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.2846 / 53°17'4"N

Longitude: -3.6235 / 3°37'24"W

OS Eastings: 291862

OS Northings: 377631

OS Grid: SH918776

Mapcode National: GBR 3Z4G.B8

Mapcode Global: WH657.9PST

Plus Code: 9C5R79MG+RJ

Entry Name: Lady Eleanor's Tower

Listing Date: 12 November 1997

Last Amended: 12 November 1997

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 19036

Building Class: Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces

ID on this website: 300019036

Location: Strikingly located on a wooded crag, set back from and above the road; approximately 750m W of Gwrych Castle.

County: Conwy

Town: Abergele

Community: Llanddulas and Rhyd-y-Foel (Llanddulas a Rhyd-y-Foel)

Community: Llanddulas and Rhyd-y-Foel

Locality: Gwrych Castle

Traditional County: Denbighshire

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History

Early C20; constructed for Countess Dundonald of Gwrych Castle and one of the last of a number of folly towers, gates and similar erections built on the estate from c1819 until the beginning of the first war. Traditionally said to have been built by the grieving countess in 1915 to commemorate the loss of her son at sea.

Exterior

Square tower of two-and-a-half stages; of local limestone rubble on rock foundations. Segmentally-headed window openings to N E and W with access to the S; large corner crenellations give fictive battlements.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a striking folly tower on the Gwrych estate, part of this nationally important Picturesque composition.

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II Northern Towers
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II* Tan-yr-Ogof Farmhouse including adjoining arch and walls to E
Located on the roadside approximately 100m E of the junction with Rhyd-y-Foel Road.
II* Tan-yr-Ogof Lodge including adjoining walls and towers to S, E and W
Prominently located on the roadside, some 60m E of the junction with Rhyd-y-Foel Road.
II Stable and Cart House Range at Tan-yr-Ogof Farm
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II* Plas Tan-yr-Ogof including adjoining walls and arches to E and W
Located on the roadside approximately 80m E of the junction with Rhyd-y-Foel Road.
II Boundary Stone at junction of Rhyd-y-Foel and Clipterfyn Roads
Sited on a triangular grass verge at the junction between Rhyd-y-Foel Road and Clipterfyn Road.
II Gwrych Estate Boundary Wall to S side of Abergele Road
Running parallel with the road westwards from its junction with Rhyd-y-Foel Road.
II Gwrych Estate Boundary Wall from Tan-yr-Ogof to Gwrych Lodge
Running parallel with the road at the eastern border of the community.

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Lady Eleanor's Tower

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanddulas and Rhyd-y-Foel (Llanddulas a Rhyd-y-Foel), Conwy