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Clynnog, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Clynnog-fawr, Caernarfon, Clynnog, Gwynedd, designated on 15 September 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 15 September 1999
- Locality
- Clynnog-fawr
- Town
- Caernarfon
- Community
- Clynnog
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.01459, -4.34334
- Cadw reference
- 22344
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 · 118 Nevin (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located on the E side of the road, at the junction with the lane to Hafod y Rhiw fawr.
History
The cottage, which appears as Milltir-hir in the 1849 tithe award, is probably of the late C18 or early C19, and within a cluster of other small houses of similar type. The award registered it as having "arable amounting to 1 acre, 1 pole, and 20 perches", occupied by Francis Williams, tenant of Robert Price. The dwelling may represent an encroachment holding on the mountain 'waste' or possibly a separate holding based around an earlier hafoty and established as part of the fragmentation of farms which was a characteristic in the uphill creep of settlement in this region.
Exterior
Bult of stone rubble on large stone footings, grouted slate roof between imposed stone copings. Gable stack. Central boarded door and one small 2-light window each side, set deeply in the walls. Stone lintels. Stack has weather courses. The farm outbuildings formerly standing in line at each end, have been largely demolished.
Interior
Not accessible at the time of inspection.
Reason for designation
Included as a characteristic smallholder's cottage established on a tiny upland holding, and forming part of a distinctive upland settlement pattern of c1800. Notwithstanding its present condition the building retains a strong vernacular character.
Nearby in the register
- Bryn-goleuDomesticunder 1 mi
- Hovel at Tan-y-bwlchDomesticunder 1 mi
- Row of cottages in Capel UchafDomesticunder 1 mi
- SE range of farm buildings at Hafod-y-wernAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.