Observatory at Bryn Bras Castle, Llanrug, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.1405 / 53°8'25"N

Longitude: -4.1764 / 4°10'35"W

OS Eastings: 254518

OS Northings: 362585

OS Grid: SH545625

Mapcode National: GBR 5M.65ZJ

Mapcode Global: WH54L.TBF8

Plus Code: 9C5Q4RRF+6C

Entry Name: Observatory at Bryn Bras Castle

Listing Date: 27 August 1999

Last Amended: 27 August 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 22256

Building Class: Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces

ID on this website: 300022256

Location: Located on rising ground in the 'Woodland Garden' to the east of Bryn Bras Castle.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Llanrug

Locality: Bwlch

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

Tagged with: Architectural structure

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History

The observatory was built in the 1920s during the ownership of Duncan Alves and replaced a summer house previously on the site.

Exterior

Observatory. Circular tower of rather dumpy proportion. Rendered rubblestone on simple plinth with rendered brick parapet and horizontal railing to flat roof. Round-headed windows with iron bars but no glazing and entrance on south-east reached by a short flight of steps; stone corbel table below parapet.

Interior

Interior not accessible at time of Survey (February 1999) but has one ground-floor room with staircase leading to viewing platform on roof.

Reasons for Listing

Included as one of a number of garden structures erected in the 1920s, an important period for the development of the gardens and grounds at Bryn Bras Castle.

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Observatory at Bryn Bras Castle

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanrug, Gwynedd