Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Goetre Farmhouse
Ganllwyd, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 13 February 1994
- Locality
- Ganllwyd
- Community
- Ganllwyd
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.79956, -3.90202
- Cadw reference
- 15154
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1795 "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Cadw's description
Location
Located on a hillside 1km W of Ganllwyd village; immediately tothe W of a part-metalled lane leading W off the A 470 just N ofthe Tyn-y-groes hotel.
History
L-shaped farmhouse; the single-storey E-W range isprobably early C17, to which a storeyed N-S range was added lateC17.
Exterior
Rubble construction on boulder foundations with renewedsteeply-pitched slate roofs. The primary section is built into theslope of a hill to the E. This has an end chimney with weathercoursing and capping. The N (entrance) side has off-set entrance(to L); C20 part-glazed door with incorporated 2-pane light to L. To L a 6-pane, recessed C19 casement window ; to R a C19tripartite wooden 6-pane window in original opening withprojecting slate lintel as dripstone. Above this a rubble gableddormer with modern window; modern rooflight.
The N-S storeyed range faces the lane to the W. Rubble gableparapet to L with plain stack with weather coursing and capping. Primary off-centre entrance (to L) with recessed, part-glazedstable door. To the L a C19 4-pane casement window; two 4-panesashes above, under the eaves. To the R of the entrance a largegabled bay, the flush gable-end of the earlier block. This has asteeper N roof pitch. Small 2-pane fixed window to ground floorand a 6-pane casement above.
Interior
Retains stopped-chamfered beamed ceilings (tongue stops) to the ground-floor of the storeyed range, and a further beamed ceiling with large inglenook fireplace and bressummer to the earlier section.
Reason for designation
A good vernacular farmhouse retaining some C17 internal detail.
Nearby in the register
- Barn at GoetreAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Berth-Llwyd & Cefn Coch Gold Mining ComplexMillunder 1 mi
- Adjoining Cottage including Forecourt Walls to W and adjoining outbuildingDomesticunder 1 mi
- Game Larder at Dolmlynllyn Hall HotelDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.