Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Tyn-llan
Dolbenmaen, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Penmorfa, Dolbenmaen, Gwynedd, designated on 30 March 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 30 March 1999
- Locality
- Penmorfa
- Town
- Dolbenmaen
- Community
- Dolbenmaen
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.94037, -4.17170
- Cadw reference
- 21557
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
The house stands below the E end of the churchyard of the Church of St Beuno.
History
Probably built in the period 1870-1880.
Exterior
The house is of pebbledashed rubble stone, with a slate roof. Two storeys, 3 bays, 1 room deep, the main 2 bays containing reception rooms either side of an entrance hall, each with axial stacks, and a third, service bay in line at the SW end with a gable stack. Boarded main front door with simple rectangular overlight, and narrow 4-pane horned sash windows. The upper bay has a boarded door and similar windows. All upper windows have small gables breaking through the eaves line. Rear wing, 1 storey and attic with a gable stack.
Reason for designation
Included as a house retaining its later C19 character, showing the persistence of a vernacular tradition. Of group value with the lychgate and Church of St Beuno.
Nearby in the register
- Lychgate at the Church of St BeunoReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Chest Tomb in churchyard of the Church of St BeunoReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church of St BeunoReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Bryn-y-wernDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.