Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Erwsuran
Dolbenmaen, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Erwsuran, Dolbenmaen, Gwynedd, designated on 30 March 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 30 March 1999
- Locality
- Erwsuran
- Town
- Dolbenmaen
- Community
- Dolbenmaen
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.95189, -4.14249
- Cadw reference
- 21558
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 lies in a hollow some 1km off the minor road from Prenteg to Cwmystradllyn, on the W facing slope overlooking Tremadoc.
History
A former farmhouse probably built in the late C17 or early C18.
Exterior
Built of local stone rubble, with megalithic quoins and door jamb, slate roof. Two bays, 2 storeys, with a 1-storey and loft extension attached to the SE gable. Boarded door off-centre, set in an opening with megalithic jamb on the right, and radial arch of long slate voussoirs. Small 4-pane window to the left, and 9-pane window to the right. The upper floor has 9-pane sash windows. Rendered gable stacks. A flight of steps leads to the grain loft over a cellar in the SE extension, which has a window in the gable end and rooflight.
Interior
Not accessible at the time of inspection.
Reason for designation
Included as a well preserved early farmhouse retaining a C17 character, and of group value with its ancillary buildings.
Nearby in the register
- Outbuildings at ErwsuranDomesticunder 1 mi
- Outbuilding in line with the house at ErwsuranAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Fach-goch, standing stone to SSE ofStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
- Ty-newydd, with attached wallsDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.