Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
BlaenTowyn and Towyn Cottage
New Quay, Ceredigion, Wales
A Grade II listed building in New Quay, Ceredigion, designated on 31 January 1994.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 31 January 1994
- Locality
- New Quay
- Community
- New Quay
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.20988, -4.36785
- Cadw reference
- 10829
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 194 Llangranog (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 78. Lampeter. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
By roadside, some 150m S of drive to Towyn Farm.
History
Early C19.
Exterior
Pair of cottages, single storey with slate roofs and end-wall stacks, each double-fronted with 12-pane sash each side of ledged door with overlight. Slate sills, Blaentowyn is whitewashed with whitewashed stacks. Towyn Cottage is roughcast with painted brick right end stack.
Reason for designation
Included as a rare and little altered example of traditional single-storey cottages in the area.
Nearby in the register
- Milestone S of Cemetery EntranceTransportunder 1 mi
- Church of St LlwchaiarnReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Towyn Independent Chapel including School Room forward on rightReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Bethel Baptist Chapel including fron area railings,Religious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.