Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bodwyddog Bach
Aberdaron, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 26 June 1998
- Locality
- Penycaerau
- Town
- Pwllheli
- Community
- Aberdaron
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.82424, -4.65569
- Cadw reference
- 20016
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 down track NW of road to Penycaerau from Meillionydd Mawr, some 400m SW of crossroads with road to Rhiw.
History
Earlier to mid C19 farmhouse with outbuildings in line, marked on 1844 Llanfaelrhys Tithe Map as owned by the Penrhyn estate, occupied by William Parry, with 11 acres (4.5ha).
Exterior
Farmhouse, rubble stone with slate roof and two stone stacks with dripstones, one stack on left end, one on ridge between house and outbuilding, possibly former small barn. Coped end gables. Two-storey, double-fronted house with 2 x 4-pane windows each floor, the upper ones under eaves, the lower ones each side of door. Slab lintels to ground floor openings. Facade is offset to right. Outbuilding to right is added, with straight joint, and is of equal height, with one door under slab lintel. Further right is long single storey range with asbestos sheet roof and 3 doors, probably former cow-house. To left of house is lower 2-storey range, set back with door in angle to house end wall and one window range to left, C20 square window below, small 6-pane window under eaves. Roof of small graded slates and stone S end stack.
Reason for designation
Included as a little altered traditional small farmstead with house and outbuildings forming a single range.
Nearby in the register
- Plas IolDomesticunder 1 mi
- MilestoneTransportunder 1 mi
- Pigsties at BlawdtyAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- BlawdtyDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.