Introduction
Glynllifon is an extensive 18th- and 19th-century park and pleasure ground with a complete enclosing wall, associated with a mid-19th-century country house. There are many intricate water features in the park and pleasure grounds including fountains, a cascade and grottoes. The park is home to several ornamental buildings, and there are three kitchen gardens, one of which is still in use. The grounds are now a country park.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Telephone
01286 830222Access contact details
The gardens are open daily from 9 am until 5 pm.
Directions
Glynllifon is on the A499 Caernarfon to Pwllheli road. Follow the Brown Heritage Signs.
- History
Period
18th Century (1701 to 1800)
- Features & Designations
Designations
CADW Register of Landscapes Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales
- Reference: PGW(Gd)39(GWY)
- Grade: I
CADW Register of Listed Buildings in Wales
- Reference: Extensive further listing in park and garden
- Grade: II
CADW Register of Listed Buildings in Wales
- Reference: Stables, entrance arch and two lodges
- Grade: II
Features
- House (featured building)
- Description: The main rebuilding of the house was from 1836 to 1848.
- Earliest Date:
- Building
- Description: The stone-built Fort Williamsburg was defended by ditches and equipped with cannon.
- Earliest Date:
- Latest Date:
- Game Larder
- Description: A circular stone building with a hole in the floor leading to a former ice house.
- Hermitage
- Mausoleum
- Description: A circular stone building which was never completed and is now unused.
- Earliest Date:
- Hermitage
- Boat House
- Description: Children's boathouse.
- Key Information
Type
Estate
Purpose
Recreational/sport
Principal Building
Recreational
Period
18th Century (1701 to 1800)
Survival
Extant
Open to the public
Yes
Civil Parish
Llandwrog
- References
References
- Cadw and ICOMOS UK, 'Glynllifon' in {Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Conwy, Gwynedd & The Isle of Anglesey} (Cardiff: Cadw, 1998), pp. 206-16 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, 'Glynllifon:Park, Grounds and Gardens',