Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cowhouse to South of Fridd-isaf
Betws Garmon, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Fridd-isaf, Betws Garmon, Gwynedd, designated on 29 January 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 29 January 1999
- Locality
- Fridd-isaf
- Community
- Betws Garmon
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.05307, -4.12728
- Cadw reference
- 21275
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
Located directly to the south of the barn situated to the south of the farmhouse at Fridd-isaf.
History
Cowhouse dated 1847 by inscription on door lintel.
Exterior
Cowhouse. Roughly coursed rubblestone; slate roof. Entrance in north long wall through doorway to right with the inscription "EJ.CWMFEDW/ 1847" to the lintel. Boarded door to upper level in east gable end approached by external stone steps.
Interior
Roof to hayloft in 3 bays with 2 bolted A-frame trusses.
Reason for designation
Included as a mid-C19 cowhouse forming part of a well-preserved group of farmbuildings at Fridd-isaf, representing a good example of a moorland-edge farmstead.
Nearby in the register
- Barn to South of Fridd-isafAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Fridd-isafDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cowhouse to South-east of Fridd-isafAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Pen-y-GonglDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.