Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Ty'n-y-Llwyn
Brithdir and Llanfachreth, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llanfachreth, Brithdir and Llanfachreth, Gwynedd, designated on 26 May 1995.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 26 May 1995
- Locality
- Llanfachreth
- Community
- Brithdir and Llanfachreth
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.78332, -3.83911
- Cadw reference
- 16029
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "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).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 135 Harlech (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located on the roadside to the SW of a lane leading from Llanfachreth village to the Careg Fawr; about 750m from the village centre.
History
Dated 1812; a lodge or estate cottage built by Sir Robert Williames Vaughan of Nannau, Bart.
Exterior
D-shaped and single storey; rubble construction with semi-conical old slate roof. 2- section chimney, the upper a brick addition; plain cornice. Central blocked entrance to flat (rear) side with datestone and initials RW V AM (for Robert Williames and Anna Maria Vaughan).Plain-glazed window to the R and to the L, a recessed boarded door with rectangular light above. Two small flush 4-pane casement windows to the front, flanking a blind cross-loop.
The building was undergoing roof-repairs at the time of inspection (February 1995.)
Reason for designation
Listed as a highly distinctive early C19 Nannau estate building.
Nearby in the register
- Careg Fawr (Arch)Gardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Bryn BlewDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cae'r MarchDomesticunder 1 mi
- Barn at Cae'r MarchAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.