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Gwaynynog

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Introduction

Gwaynynog has a small late-18th-century park and garden with distant views to the Clwydian Range. The kitchen garden dates from the late-18th century and is famous as the setting for some of Beatrix Potter's books. Other areas of the garden were developed in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
History

Period

  • 18th Century
  • Late 18th Century
Associated People
Features & Designations

Designations

  • CADW Register of Landscapes Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales

  • Reference: PGW(C) 58
  • Grade: II

Features

  • House (featured building)
  • Earliest Date:
  • Kitchen Garden
  • Description: The kitchen garden is famous as the setting for some of Beatrix Potter's books.
  • Earliest Date:
  • Latest Date:
Key Information

Type

Country Estate

Purpose

Ornamental

Principal Building

Detached House

Period

Late 18th Century

Survival

Extant

References

References

  • Cadw and ICOMOS UK, 'Gwaynynog' in {Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Clwyd} (Cardiff: Cadw, 1995), pp. 100-3
  • Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, 'Gwaynynog Garden, Denbigh', [accessed 1 October 2007]