Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Byre NE of Plas Brondanw.
Llanfrothen, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Plas Brondanw Estate, Llanfrothen, Gwynedd, designated on 14 May 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 14 May 1998
- Locality
- Plas Brondanw Estate
- Community
- Llanfrothen
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.96104, -4.06010
- Cadw reference
- 19835
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 119 Snowdon (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Immediately W of the Barn Range NE of Plas Brondanw; parallel with the lane and facing a farmyard to the SE.
Exterior
C18 boulder-built vernacular byre with C20 slate roof, its gable parapets removed. Off-centre entrance (to R) with boarded stable door and large slate lintel; flanking rectangular open windows and a further window to the SW gable, in a reduced cart opening.
Interior
4-bay interior with pegged tie-beam trusses with raking struts; that to the far R (NE) has had its tie-beam cut at the walls. Some of the roof timbers appear to be re-used from an earlier structure.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with the agricultural range adjacent to the E.
Nearby in the register
- Barn Range NE of Plas BrondanwAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Circular Enclosing Walls and Fountain at the N end at Plas Brondanw GardensGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Bust of Inigo Jones on Pedestal at Plas Brondanw GardensGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Dolphin Gates and Gatepiers at Plas Brondanw including Railings to NWGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.