Cae Gwyn

Location

Situated towards NE of Y Felinheli on SE side of main road, Stryd Bangor, some 100m NE of the War Memorial and next to Ffinfa. Set behind stone front wall with Gothic timber gate.

History

Vaynol estate house of c1870, built as a pair with Ffinfa, to E, but varied in detail.

Exterior

Pink square rubble stone with slate roofs and brick stacks. L-plan, two-storey, picturesque estate house. A crosswing projects to right with ornate bargeboards in three curves, two close-set first floor plate glass long sashes with stone voussoirs and ground floor large canted bay. This has hipped canted roof, 2-pane side lights and wide 4-pane front light, pilasters between. Fretted brackets to eaves. Crosswing has brick ridge stack. Set-back to left is entrance wing with half-hipped left end and rear-wall stack. Two-window range, upper floor with two 4-pane sashes breaking eaves, right one under hipped roof, left one slightly taller under half-hipped roof. Ground floor has panelled door with stained-glass in overlight to right and half-round bay to left. Bay has similar but smaller sashes to crosswing bay, similar pilasters and eaves brackets, but flat roof with crenellated parapet.

Right side of crosswing has slate-hung walls, large half-hipped gable and smaller hipped half-dormer. 4-pane sashes.

Reason for designation

One of a pair of later C19 estate houses showing attractive variety and asymmetry typical of the type. Group value with Ffinfa and Nos 1 & 2 Bodarborth.