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Carthouse at Wernlas-Deg

Beddgelert, Gwynedd, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Wernlas-Deg, Porthmadog, Beddgelert, Gwynedd, designated on 25 November 1998.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Carthouse at Wernlas-Deg, Beddgelert, Gwynedd, 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
Agriculture and Subsistence
Date of designation
25 November 1998
Locality
Wernlas-Deg
Town
Porthmadog
Community
Beddgelert
Unitary authority
Gwynedd
Country
Wales
Coordinates
53.02034, -4.11454
Cadw reference
20944

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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)
  • 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)

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Cadw's description

Located immediately S of the old Wernlas-Deg.

Rectangular late C18 or early C19 rubble lofted carthouse.

Old slate roof with slab-coped gable parapets. Plain carthouse to the long S face with corrugated iron sheeting. The R gable has a recessed boarded door with stopped-chamfered frame via partly-collapsed stone-stepped access.

The interior was not inspected at the time of survey.

Listed for its special interest as a late C18 or early C19 carthouse retaining good external character.

Group value with the old house at Wernlas-Deg.

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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