Introduction
Wynnstay is one of the largest and most important 18th-century landscape parks in Wales.
Wynnstay retains many of its historic features, some of which are attributed to Richard Woods and Capability Brown. A pleasure garden designed by Brown survives as well as part of a rockwork cascade. There are many monuments and built structures in the park and a formal terrace around the house.
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- Features & Designations
Designations
CADW Register of Landscapes Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales
- Reference: PGW(C) 64
- Grade: I
CADW Register of Listed Buildings in Wales
- Reference: Entrance archway
- Grade: II
CADW Register of Listed Buildings in Wales
- Reference: Wynnstay Hall stables
- Grade: II
Features
- House (featured building)
- Description: The present house is the last of several on the site. After a fire in 1858 the house was rebuilt in the French renaissance chateau style.
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- Bath House
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- Cascade
- Description: Part of the rockwork cascade designed by Brown remains although the lake has gone.
- Obelisk
- Description: Tall doric fluted column erected in memory of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, 4th baronet.
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- Key Information
Type
Estate
Purpose
Ornamental
Survival
Extant
Civil Parish
Ruabon
- References
References
- Cadw and ICOMOS UK, 'Wynnstay' in {Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Clwyd} (Cardiff: Cadw, 1995), pp. 286-91 Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Clwyd
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Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, 'Wynnstay Park, Ruabon',