Middle Parc, the remaining portion of a complex of important domestic buildings erected by the powerful Anwyl family in the Tudor and Stuart periods. Though keen to see the repair of the old house, the SPAB does not approve of elements of an application for works whichwould involve the conjectural reconstruction of a ruined structure on the site
Middle Parc Meirionedd
Middle Parc was once part of an important sub-medieval, unit-planned complex located on an elevated site above the Afon Maesgwm. Parc was the principal seat of theAnwyls, one of the most notable families of Meirionedd in the Tudor and Stuart periods. By the late 17th century Parc comprised a
large complex of four domestic blocks, a gatehouse, stable and agricultural ranges. Two of the houses, including the principal house, were demolished long ago but Middle Parc (House Three) survives and also House Four to the south-east. Today, Middle Parc consists of a two-storey
house representing the third domestic block with the ruined fragments of an attached range to the north. The ruins of the northern-most range incorporate traces of the two lost houses. During the early1950s CloughWilliams-Ellis repaired the two-storey house and added some modest extensions to bring the house up to post-war living standards. In 2006 the Society was consulted on a
scheme to reconstruct the ruined fragments of the northern range to create an extension for the two-storey house. The Society welcomed the repair and reuse of the existing house, but could not support the reconstruction of the ruined range. Whether intentional or not the scheme gave the impression of attempting to imitate the lost building and also appeared to be somewhat conjectural.
The proposal finally gained consent in 2009,
unfortunately without any amendments taking into account the Society’s views. Recently, a new scheme has been submitted which is broadly similar to the previous proposal, but the ruined element would be reconstructed to form a separate dwelling rather than extended accommodation for the existing house. The Society has continued to object to the reconstruction element of the scheme, although
as before has not ruled out the possibility of a well designed extension providing that it is subservient to the existing house and can be clearly “read” as a modern addition. The re-creation of a separate dwelling may
also have implications for setting of Middle Parc, since modern living requirements are likely to produce pressure for parking and private garden space.
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