Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
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Mawddwy, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Dinas Mawddwy, Machynlleth, Mawddwy, Gwynedd, designated on 4 November 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 4 November 1999
- Locality
- Dinas Mawddwy
- Town
- Machynlleth
- Community
- Mawddwy
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.75128, -3.69502
- Cadw reference
- 22577
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 136 Bala (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
The house stands in a slightly elevated position near the head of the Cwm Cywarch, facing over to the W.
History
Built in the early-mid C19 as a more substantial farmhouse of this upland area.
Exterior
Built of coursed rubble, slate roof with rooflight and large gable stack at the N end. Two storeys, symmetrical 2-bay frontage extending to the right as an open fronted cart shed. Central boarded door in a frame set back in the thickness of the wall. Two light small-paned windows to either side of the door and on the upper floor, with a further one over the entrance door. The cartshed to the right has a cambered timber lintel, and a granary over, accessed by an external stone stair at the gable end. On the left, a 2-storey 1 bay rear service wing, apparently contemporary, with a door and 2-light windows to each floor and a gable stack.
Interior
Living room on the left, a central stair hall, and the parlour, originally unheated, on the right.
Reason for designation
Included as a typical and well preserved example of a more substantial upland farmhouse, reflecting the increasing prosperity of farming in remote valley bottom areas of the time.
Nearby in the register
- Farm Building to rear of GesailAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Sarn-newyddAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Deunant-mawrDomestic1 mi
- Braich-melynDomestic1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.