Introduction
The landscape park at Peniarth dates from the 18th century or earlier. The grounds consist largely of woodland, and wooded pleasure grounds surround the house and lead down to the river. There is a walled kitchen garden and an artificial terraced viewing mount.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
- Features & Designations
Designations
CADW Register of Landscapes Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales
- Reference: PGW(Gd)36(GWY)
- Grade: II*
National Park
- Reference: Snowdonia
CADW Register of Listed Buildings in Wales
- Reference: Estate office, outbuildings to north west of estate office and gate piers near house
- Grade: II
Features
- Summerhouse
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- Mount
- Description: The viewing mount may date from the 17th century.
- House (featured building)
- Earliest Date:
- Latest Date:
- Boat House
- Rockery
- Description: An early-20th-century rockery
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- Kitchen Garden
- Key Information
Type
Estate
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Survival
Extant
Open to the public
Yes
Civil Parish
Llanegryn
- References
References
- Cadw and ICOMOS UK, 'Peniarth' in {Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Conwy, Gwynedd & The Isle of Anglesey} (Cardiff: Cadw, 1998), pp. 236-42 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, 'Peniarth, Garden, Llanegryn',