Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Ty-hen
Llanwnda, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llanwnda, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, designated on 28 May 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 28 May 1999
- Locality
- Llanwnda
- Town
- Caernarfon
- Community
- Llanwnda
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.09370, -4.28570
- Cadw reference
- 21829
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales
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 · 105 Carnarvon (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on rising ground in pasture fields on the west side of the A 499 approximately 0.8km south-east of Llanwnda; the farmyard lies immediately to the east.
History
Probably of C18 or earlier origin, the farm complex shown at Ty-hen on the 1839 Tithe Map is notably smaller than the present one, which is typical of the many model farms established by the Newborough Estate after c1850. The farmhouse itself has a mid-C19 front but appears to contain earlier fabric in the ranges to the rear.
Exterior
Farmhouse. 2-storey, 2-room and central staircase main range to west, aligned roughly north-south, fronting 2-storey ranges (south longer) projecting at right-angles to east; lower gabled range behind north range. Roughly coursed rubblestone, mainly limewashed but cement rendered to front elevation; graded slate roofs, turnerised to front roof slope. 3-window front; 9-paned horned sashes to first floor, 12-paned to ground floor; central 4-panel door with narrow rectangular overlight under gabled timber porch; integral cement-rendered end stacks. Rear ranges also have integral end stacks, north range with single-storey lean-to attached to north wall forming part of rubblestone boundary wall to track.
Interior
Interior not accessible at time of Survey.
Reason for designation
Included as the largely unaltered farmhouse of the well-preserved mid-C19 farm complex at Ty-hen, characteristic of the model farms established by the Newborough Estate in the region during this period.
Nearby in the register
- Bothy and Pigsties at Ty-henAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Stables, Cart Shelter and Cowhouse Range at Ty-henAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Hay Barn to east of Ty-henAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- MaengwynDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.