Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Byre (former Dower House) at Cefndeuddwr
Ganllwyd, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 13 February 1995
- Locality
- Cefndeuddwr
- Community
- Ganllwyd
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.81745, -3.88615
- Cadw reference
- 15158
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 50m NW of Cefndeuddwr farmhouse, immediately to the N ofthe upper barn.
History
Former dower house or steward's house serving the mainhouse and contemporary with it, c.1600. Converted mid C19 (orearlier) to a byre; at this stage the W gable end was rebuilt andthe stack removed.
Exterior
Rubble construction with slate roof; rectangular plan. C19 entrance to N side with pegged doorcase and boarded door. ToR a part-glazed (6-pane) window with ventilation slats beneath. Blocked primary entrance to E gable end with 9-pane C19 sashwindow above, apparently in original opening. Small, blockedoriginal window to L of S side. Upper entrance to rebuilt W gablevia stone stepped and parapeted access.
Interior
Fine beamed ceiling with 3 deeply stopped-chamferedtransverse beams and delicately stopped-chamfered subsidiarybeams. 2-bay roof with contemporary truss, though missing itsqueen struts. Cobbled floor (C19).
Reason for designation
A scarce example of this building type with good beamed ceiling.
Group value with other listed items at Cefndeuddwr.
Nearby in the register
- Upper Barn at CefndeuddwrAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Lower Barn at CefndeuddwrAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Cefndeuddwr FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Hermon or Dolfwynog Copper/Gold Bog KilnKilnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.