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Latitude: 53.3202 / 53°19'12"N
Longitude: -4.649 / 4°38'56"W
OS Eastings: 223653
OS Northings: 383637
OS Grid: SH236836
Mapcode National: GBR GMWX.R7M
Mapcode Global: WH314.KTD0
Plus Code: 9C5Q89C2+3C
Entry Name: Screen Wall to Soldier's Point House
Listing Date: 25 July 1994
Last Amended: 25 July 1994
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 14761
Building Class: Domestic
ID on this website: 300014761
Location: To N and NW of Soldier’s Point House.
County: Isle of Anglesey
Community: Holyhead (Caergybi)
Community: Holyhead
Locality: Soldier's Point
Built-Up Area: Holyhead
Traditional County: Anglesey
Tagged with: Wall
Elaborate castellated screen wall, circa 1849, house built for own use by Mr Rigby, contractor of Holyhead breakwater.
Dark local rubble with quartz banding and dressings to arrow loops; rustic, garden architecture type battlements.
To N of house, on rocky outcrop, high octagonal tower, castellated, with white quartz band, machicolations, faces of octagon with cruciform loops outlined in white quartz, doorways with shallow arches. Wall steps down to E to low square tower with shallow arched doorway and continues to turret and then similar square tower. To E of this, wall turns slightly SE stepping down between round turrets, terminating in low square tower with shallow-arched doorways. To W of high octagonal tower, wall steps down to blocked gateway flanked by towers, continuing to pier where wall runs S to run down E side of lane in simpler style but with rustic crenellations between stone piers; gateway to rear yard of Soldier’s Point House.
Included as impressive example of style, and for group value with Soldier’s Point House.
Group value.
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