Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Maes-llyn
Tregaron, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 10 June 1997
- Locality
- Maesllyn
- Community
- Tregaron
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.24970, -3.91761
- Cadw reference
- 18481
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 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated some 3 km NE of Tregaron, on left side of road to Pontrhydfendigaid.
History
Farmhouse dated 1815, said to have been part of the Lisburne estate. George Borrow mentions the lake at Maes-y-Llyn in 'Wild Wales', 1854.
Exterior
Whitewashed roughcast front with slate roof and end stacks, stone to N, larger roughcast stack to S. Two-storey, three-window range of horned 12-pane sashes, offset to left. Stone sills. C20 ledged door. Plaque above reads 'D. Jones Tenant 1815'. Rubble stone N wall with small loft light. Line of chimney continues down on left, suggesting roof raised. Roughcast S end wall.
Added C19 SE rear wing with E stack. Two-storey, two-window S front. Added C20 roughcast NE wing running parallel to original range.
Reason for designation
Listed as a traditional late Georgian farmhouse, of regional architectural interest in an area where few survive.
Nearby in the register
- Pont EinonTransport2 mi
- Sunnyhill Wood CampHillfort2 mi
- TrefelinDomestic2 mi
- National Westminster BankCommercial2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.