Horse Drinking Trough
A Grade II Listed Building in Llandwrog, Gwynedd
Coordinates
Latitude: 53.0797 / 53°4'46"N
Longitude: -4.3136 / 4°18'49"W
OS Eastings: 245122
OS Northings: 356112
OS Grid: SH451561
Mapcode National: GBR 5G.9W2K
Mapcode Global: WH43L.QV3D
Plus Code: 9C5Q3MHP+VH
Entry Name: Horse Drinking Trough
Listing Date: 30 April 1974
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 22428
Building Class: Water Supply and Drainage
ID on this website: 300022428
Location: Attached to the north-eastern end of the rubblestone boundary wall in front of Nos.1-5 Cilgant (The Crescent).
County: Gwynedd
Town: Caernarfon
Community: Llandwrog
Community: Llandwrog
Traditional County: Caernarfonshire
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Architectural structure
History
Erected as part of the remodelling of Llandwrog as an estate village by the third Lord Newborough in the mid C19.
Exterior
Small structure built in the style of a classical temple or mausoleum. Uncoursed rubblestone rear and sides with tooled blocks to front and finely jointed stone slab roof. Front is pedimented with plain moulded cornice and coped parapet. Square-headed recess has massive slate slab with drain-hole forming front of drinking trough, now built up in brick.
Reasons for Listing
Included as a well-preserved and distinctive feature of the mid C19 planned estate village. Llandwrog is among the best-preserved such villages in this part of Wales from this period.
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