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Penmaenuchaf (also known as The Cliff)

Pgds 20090305 112817 Penmaenuchaf 1 Crop

Introduction

Penmaenuchaf has a well-preserved 19th-century terraced garden, with a later water garden and some good planting. There are woodland walks in the now wooded park, small enclosed gardens and a kitchen garden. The house is now a luxury hotel.

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Features & Designations

Designations

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

  • Reference: PGW(Gd)37(GWY)
  • Grade: II
  • National Park

  • Reference: Snowdonia

Features

  • House (featured building)
  • Earliest Date:
  • Latest Date:
  • Garden Terrace
  • Walk
  • Description: Woodland walks.
  • Kitchen Garden
Key Information

Type

Country Estate

Purpose

Ornamental

Principal Building

Hotel

Survival

Extant

Open to the public

Yes

Civil Parish

Dolgellau

References

References

  • Cadw and ICOMOS UK, 'Penmaenuchaf' in {Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Conwy, Gwynedd & The Isle of Anglesey} (Cardiff: Cadw, 1998), pp. 144-7
  • Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, 'Penmaen Uchaf, Garden, Penmaenpool', [accessed 1 October 2007]