Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Gwynfryn Lodge
Llanystumdwy, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llanystumdwy, Criccieth, Gwynedd, designated on 31 March 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 31 March 1999
- Locality
- Llanystumdwy
- Town
- Criccieth
- Community
- Llanystumdwy
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.92288, -4.27916
- Cadw reference
- 21580
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 · 118 Nevin (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
The lodge stands at the S end of the long drive to Plas Gwynfryn, 500m W of Llanystymdwy village.
History
The lodge was built c1880 for the new building of Plas Gwynfryn.
Exterior
Built of snecked square rockfaced rubble with ashlar dressings and a slate roof capped with red clayware roll ridge tiles. One storey and attic, a long N-S block with a short off-centre cross wing projecting to the E as a canted bay with pyramidal roof, and to the rear for services. Boarded door at the S end of the E front, set within a timber-framed porch, under an extension of the roof. Perforated spandrels. N of the canted front wing, a large dormer. At the S gable end, a square bay window with a stone parapet. Decorative bargeboards. Central stack with string and outsetting head. The rear wing roof is set lower than the N-S range, swept low to the S, and it has a C20 flat roofed extension in similar stone.
Reason for designation
Included as a carefully designed asymmetrical picturesque composition, with good detail, an attractive example of a Tudor Gothic park lodge.
Nearby in the register
- Ysgol LlanystumdwyEducationunder 1 mi
- No 2, MinafonDomesticunder 1 mi
- No 1, MinafonDomesticunder 1 mi
- Churchyard Wall and Lychgate to the Church of St John the BaptistReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.