Introduction
The landscape park at Pen-y-lan is set in the unspoilt scenery of the Dee valley and dates from the early-19th-century, with a further major phase of planting in the early-20th century. It is still managed as a park. There are early-19th-century formal and informal garden areas around the house.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
- Features & Designations
Designations
CADW Register of Landscapes Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales
- Reference: PGW(C) 52
- Grade: II
Features
- House (featured building)
- Description: Pen-y-lan is an 18th-century house that was remodelled in the early-19th century as a Regency villa with castellations and a flat roof.
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- Key Information
Type
Estate
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Survival
Extant
- References
References
- Cadw and ICOMOS UK, 'Pen-y-Lan' in {Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Clwyd} (Cardiff: Cadw, 1995), pp. 194-7 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, 'Pen-y-Lan Garden, Ruabon',