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Garthewin Cottage

Llanfair Talhaiarn, Conwy, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Garthewin, Llanfair Talhaiarn, Conwy, designated on 30 January 1968.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Garthewin Cottage, Llanfair Talhaiarn, Conwy, 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
30 January 1968
Locality
Garthewin
Community
Llanfair Talhaiarn
Unitary authority
Conwy
Country
Wales
Coordinates
53.22076, -3.62656
Cadw reference
186

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David 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)
  • 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1963 · Map No. 35 - Local Government Commission for Wales : [Definitive maps showing proposed… (National Library of Scotland)

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Cadw's description

Located 100m to the NW of Garthewin, facing a large rear estate yard; set back behind a small fenced front garden plot.

Early C19 former laundry perhaps contemporary with the Regency drawing room block added as a pavilion wing to the main house; now converted to domestic use.

Rectangular 2-storey building of rubble construction with hipped slate roof and Victorian brick chimney to the SW; C20 central wooden cupola with moulded eaves and lead ogee roof with ball finial 2 storeys, of rectangular plan with symmetrical 3-bay facade; central entrance via modern wooden gabled porch. Segmentally-arched flanking windows with 3 plain window openings under the eaves; all have modern out-of-character uPVC glazing. To the rear is a modern, weather-boarded 2-storey extension.

The interior was not available for inspection at the time of survey.

Included for group value with other listed items at Garthewin.

Nearby in the register

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

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0
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