Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Plas yr Wylan
Aberdaron, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Aberdaron, Pwllheli, Gwynedd, designated on 26 June 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 26 June 1998
- Locality
- Aberdaron
- Town
- Pwllheli
- Community
- Aberdaron
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.81138, -4.70778
- Cadw reference
- 19994
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 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 133 Bardsey Island (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated some 150m SE of Aberdaron New Church.
History
Later C19 former vicarage. The home of the poet the Rev R S Thomas from 1967-78, when vicar of Aberdaron.
Exterior
Former vicarage, walls entirely hung in purple slates, with close-eaved slate roof, coped gables and rendered stacks, at end walls, on ridge right of centre and cross-axial on rear roof slope. Two-storey, five-window front of 4-pane sashes, larger on ground floor and half-glazed centre door with overlight in altered cemented porch with flat roof and 5 cemented steps up. N rear wall is also 5-window and similar but has arched doorway in fourth bay. Half-glazed door and plain fanlight. End walls have one window each floor.
Reason for designation
A substantial later C19 vicarage of character, included for literary historical interest as the former home of R S Thomas.
Nearby in the register
- Aberdaron New ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- BodernabwyDomesticunder 1 mi
- Milestone outside CartrefTransportunder 1 mi
- Melin DaronCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.