Abercaseg Farmhouse

Bethesda, Gwynedd, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Bethesda, Bangor, Gwynedd, designated on 25 April 1997.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Abercaseg Farmhouse, Bethesda, Gwynedd, with a pin at the register's coordinates — Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1896 map "Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1899 · 106 Bangor (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1899 · 106 Bangor (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1919 · Sheet 41. Anglesey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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