Introduction
Features at Penrhyn Castle include walled kitchen gardens, terraced gardens and an extensive collection of trees and shrubs.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Telephone
441248353084Access contact details
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/penrhyn-castle/opening-times/
Directions
For directions, see http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/penrhyn-castle/how-to-get-here/
Owners
The National Trust
Heelis, Kemble Drive, Swindon, SN2 2NA
- Associated People
- Features & Designations
Designations
Local Nature Reserve
- Reference: The Spinnies
CADW Register of Landscapes Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales
- Reference: PGW(Gd)40(GWY)
- Grade: II*
CADW Register of Listed Buildings in Wales
- Reference: Capel Ogwen
- Grade: II
CADW Register of Listed Buildings in Wales
- Reference: Grand Lodge, Port Lodge and Tal-y-Cafn Lodge
- Grade: II
CADW Register of Listed Buildings in Wales
- Reference: Port House and cottage (Port Penrhyn)
- Grade: II
Features
- Castle (featured building)
- Description: A mock castle in neo-Norman style.
- Earliest Date:
- Latest Date:
- Chapel
- Garden Wall
- Icehouse
- Description: An elaborate icehouse with a passage entrance 2.5 metres long and a below-ground chamber five metres deep.
- Kitchen Garden
- Garden Terrace
- Key Information
Type
Estate
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Survival
Extant
Hectares
24.3
Open to the public
Yes
- References
References
- Cadw and ICOMOS UK, 'Penrhyn Castle' in {Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Conwy, Gwynedd & The Isle of Anglesey} (Cardiff: Cadw, 1998), pp. 250-7 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, 'Penrhyn Castle, Garden, Bangor',
- Bayliss and Anderson {Penrhyn Castle Garden Conservation Plan} (1997) Penrhyn Castle Garden Conservation Plan