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Wynnstay Park Gardens, Belan Lake, Ruabon

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NPRN35618
Map ReferenceSJ34SW
Grid ReferenceSJ3077642846
Unitary (Local) AuthorityWrexham
Old CountyDenbighshire
CommunityRuabon
Type Of SiteLAKE
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
1. Artificial lake created by Capability Brown and others.

2. Lake in Wynnstay Park (Nprn37456), designed & constructed from 1777, ceremonially 'opened', 1784; a flat-topped earthen dam across course of Belan stream, featuring a rockwork cascade; a secondary sluice feeding a water-wheel (Nprn33632): shown as intact on OS County series 1st ed. (Denbigh. XXXV.11 1874), the dam is thought to have failed at the cascade & the lake is shown drained by the 2nd ed. (1899): can be associated with:
Boathouse
Icehouse (see Nprn40670).
(source: CADW 1995 (Rgister of Parks & Gardens: Clwyd), 288-9)
J.Wiles 29.07.04

3. This lake is depicted on the Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25-inch map of Denbighshire XXXV, sheet 11 (1899). C.H. Nicholas, 15th August 2006.