Introduction
Glyn Cywarth is an early-17th-century manor house with a contemporary gatehouse and terraced garden. Part of the adjacent walled garden may also date from this time. Other features include ornamental planting and a 19th-century lookout tower.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Telephone
1766 781130Website
https://glyncywarch.co.uk/
- Features & Designations
Designations
CADW Register of Landscapes Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales
- Reference: PGW(Gd)28(GWY)
- Grade: II*
National Park
- Reference: Snowdonia
Features
- Gatehouse
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- Tower
- Description: A 19th-century lookout tower about 6 metres high with a viewing platform.
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- House (featured building)
- Description: William Glyn built the house in 1616 and it was extended in the late-19th century. For several hundred years it was used as a secondary residence.
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- Key Information
Type
Estate
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Survival
Extant
Open to the public
Yes
Civil Parish
Talsarnau
- References
References
- Cadw and ICOMOS UK, 'Glyn Cywarch' in {Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Conwy, Gwynedd & The Isle of Anglesey} (Cardiff: Cadw, 1998), pp. 218-23 Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Conwy, Gwynedd & The Isle of Anglesey
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Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, 'Glyn Cywarch, Garden, Eisingrug',