Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Piggery at Morfa
Llanaelhaearn, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Trefor, Llanaelhaearn, Gwynedd, designated on 18 May 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 18 May 1999
- Locality
- Trefor
- Town
- Llanaelhaearn
- Community
- Llanaelhaearn
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.99612, -4.42999
- Cadw reference
- 21728
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
Morfa farm lies to the NW of Trefor, on a trackway to the sea. The piggery is set parallel to, and to the SW of the farmhouse.
History
The piggery was erected c.1860 by the Glynlifon Estate, then owners of the farm.
Exterior
The building is designed specifically for the efficient rearing of pigs in accordance with latest mid C19 practice. It is built of stone, with slate roofs and copings, and blue clayware ridges. It consists of two gabled end buildings joined by a 4m high wall with cock-and-hen copings, shielding the run from the house. In between, ranges of lean-to pig sties forming two peninsulas of equal length to the end buildings, joined by a lean-to feed-walk against the high wall. The SE end building provides a meal store and preparation room, with a large blue brick stack, outsetting at the head, and has a side access stable door, and door to the feed walk to the sties. Gable end windows and a later dovecote facing the house. The NW building, equal in size and shape but without a stack, provides a gig house, opening to the farmhouse. The three runs have low walls and a gate, and low openings into the pig sties.
Reason for designation
Included as a carefully planned estate piggery of the mid C19, which is well preserved, and is of group value with Morfa farmhouse.
Nearby in the register
- MorfaDomesticunder 1 mi
- Llwyn-yr-aethnenDomesticunder 1 mi
- Maes-y-neuadd addoldy annibynwyrReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Gwydir-mawrDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.