Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Abercaseg Farmhouse
Bethesda, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 25 April 1997
- Locality
- Bethesda
- Town
- Bangor
- Community
- Bethesda
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.17684, -4.05212
- Cadw reference
- 18381
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 1896 "Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated behind Abercaseg estate, reached off A 5 via the Glanogwen estate.
History
Early C19 farmhouse dating from before the creation of the town of Bethesda, originally approached from Abercaseg Bridge behind.
Exterior
Whitewashed roughcast with slate roof and whitewashed roughcast end stacks. Two storeys, double-fronted with horned 12-pane sashes and ledged door. Facade offset slightly to right. Painted slate gabled porch with slate roof. Outbuilding to left, single storey, rubble stone with end stack.
Reason for designation
A small vernacular farmhouse representative of the pre-industrial history of the area, still retaining original character.
Nearby in the register
- Pont AbercasegTransportunder 1 mi
- Cae'rberllanDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cae'rberllanDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cae'rberllanDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.