Introduction
Plas Rhianfa has a terraced seaside garden laid out in the mid-19th century on a steeply sloping site with views to Snowdonia. There are grass and gravel terraces with ornamental pools, and some garden buildings. The original exuberant planting, some of which remains, was Mediterranean in character, featuring plants such as palms, cordylines, yuccas and myrtle.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Telephone
01443 336000Website
http://www.cadw.wales.gov.uk/
- History
Period
- Post Medieval (1540 to 1901)
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Associated People
- Features & Designations
Designations
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
- Reference: Anglesey
CADW Register of Landscapes Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales
- Reference: PGW(Gd)49(ANG)
- Grade: II
Features
- Summerhouse
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- Dovecote
- Description: This unusual building is a combination of dovecote and summerhouse, built in a style matching the house with fish-scale roof tiles and turret. It has glass fronted nesting boxes.
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- Ornamental Pond
- Description: Raised ornamental pools on the terrace with mock stone surround.
- House (featured building)
- Description: A seaside villa with turrets, fish-scale roof tiles and balconies, influenced by the chateaux of the Loire Valley.
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- Key Information
Type
Garden
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Period
Post Medieval (1540 to 1901)
Survival
Extant
- References
References
- Cadw and ICOMOS UK, 'Plas Rhianfa' in {Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Conwy, Gwynedd & The Isle of Anglesey} (Cardiff: Cadw, 1998) 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, 'Plas Rhianfa, Gardens, Menai Bridge',