Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Dyffrydan
Arthog, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 1 February 1995
- Locality
- Pont Dyffrydan
- Community
- Arthog
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.71680, -3.93420
- Cadw reference
- 15613
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
Set back from the Ffordd Ddu 0.5Km W of the Pont Dyffrydan; reached via a short farm track and located on a rubble-walled terrace.
Exterior
A square, mid C19 cottage of 2 storeys plus partial basement. Rubble construction with old small-slate roof; remains of rough-cast to W gable. Tall central stack with plain banding andcapping and weather coursing. Near-symmetrical 2-window main (N)front; to the L a 20-pane near-flush contemporary sash window with, above, a similar 10-pane horizontal window. To the R a 16-pane window with an 8-pane above; projecting stone cills. Beneath the ground-floor window, a plain boarded entrance with slate-stepped access down from L, currently without door. Adjoining to L, stepped-down and set back, a single-storey contemporary porch with weather coursing at the intersection with E gable of main block. Construction as before. Entrance to L with contemporary boarded door. C20 window to E gable face. Adjoining to rear a later rubble wash-house with corrugated iron catslide roof; recessed entrance with boarded door to E face and squat chimney to SE corner. Slate-coped parapet to short W wall,projecting beyond the line of the main block and also to N where the addition projects E-wards beyond the line of the porch block.
Interior
Plain boarded ceilings to L ground-floor room; contemporary boxed-in stair and plain fireplace with stone lintel.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a centralised mid C19 cottage retaining much of its historic character.
Nearby in the register
- Water Wheel at DyffrydanIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Ty Newydd FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pont Ty-NantTransportunder 1 mi
- Tyddyn-y-Coed CampHillfortunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.