Introduction
The present park is an example of early-19th-century Picturesque landscaping, with the ruined 13th-century castle as a focal point. An early-18th-century turf amphitheatre also survives in the park.The Park is occasionally open by appointment under the National Gardens Scheme.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Telephone
01443 336000Website
http://www.cadw.wales.gov.uk/Access contact details
Osee: www.ngs.org.uk/gen/gardenfinder/garden.aspx?gid=969
Directions
Hawarden Castle is 6 miles west of Chester on the B5125. It is located just east of centre of Hawarden village.
Owners
Sir William & Lady Gladstone
- Associated People
- Features & Designations
Designations
Conservation Area
- Reference: Hawarden: part of the site
CADW Register of Landscapes Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales
- Reference: PGW(C) 55
- Grade: I
Features
- Ruin
- Description: The ruins of Hawarden Castle
- Amphitheatre
- Description: An early-18th-century turf amphitheatre
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- Mansion House (featured building)
- Description: A four-storey castellated mansion.
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- Icehouse
- Pavilion
- Description: Stone pavilion designed by Hal Goodhart-Rendel
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- Key Information
Type
Park
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Survival
Extant
- References
References
- Cadw and ICOMOS UK, 'Hawarden Castle' in {Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Clwyd} (Cardiff: Cadw, 1995), pp. 128-33 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, 'Hawarden Castle, Garden, Hawarden',
- Flintshire Record Office, {Hawarden Estate Map of 1733}, D/HA/599 Hawarden Estate Map of 1733