Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Colwyn Cottage
Beddgelert, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Beddgelert, Porthmadog, Gwynedd, designated on 25 November 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 25 November 1998
- Locality
- Beddgelert
- Town
- Porthmadog
- Community
- Beddgelert
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.01208, -4.10114
- Cadw reference
- 20953
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
On the roadside, to the R of a long boarded garage block.
History
Built in 1852 as the manse for the adjacent Ambrose Congregational Chapel (presently a snooker club) and subsequently the premises of a shoemaker.
Exterior
Small rubble-built gabled manse, built gable-on to the street; of 2 storeys with slate roof and plain bargeboards. Entrance to R with modern boarded door; to the L is a 12-pane C19 replacement sash with projecting slate sill. The upper floor has a smaller, similar window.
Interior
The interior was not inspected at the time of survey.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a small mid-C19 manse retaining its original external character.
Group value with other listed items on Smith Street.
Nearby in the register
- AbercolwynDomesticunder 1 mi
- PensarnDomesticunder 1 mi
- EncilDomesticunder 1 mi
- Ail OrauDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.