Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Farm building at Gweinion
Mawddwy, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Mallwyd, Mawddwy, Gwynedd, designated on 4 November 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 4 November 1999
- Locality
- Mallwyd
- Community
- Mawddwy
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.69678, -3.65970
- Cadw reference
- 22606
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 · 150 Dinas-Mawddwy (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Gweinion lies at the end of a long farm road leading off the N side of the A458, near the roundabout junction with the A470.
History
Gweinion appears to be a hillside farm established in the C18. The barn complex appears to be contemporary with the house, although re-roofed later.
Exterior
Built of roughly coursed rubble stonework with larger stones at the bottom. Slate roof. The range consists of a 3-bay barn at the right (N) end, a single bay, probably a stable or cowhouse to the left. Pigsties under a lean-to corrugated iron roof against this gable end. Large central door to the barn, and 2 tiers of ventilation slits, a stable-type door at the N end. The stable has a stable door and loft over, ventilated by a continuation of the upper range of slits. The pig sty appears to be added, and consist of 2 sties under the lean-to roof, each with an open run built of stone, with a gate.
Interior
The barn is of 3 equal bays defined by timber framed partitions on low stone sills either side of the central threshing floor. The roof trusses support 3 tiers of purlins. A gable window in the N gable of the loft over the stable.
Reason for designation
Included as a good example of a self-contained small farm building for a farm with some arable acreage, probably of the C18. It is of group value with the farmhouse, defining the sides of a triangular farmyard.
Nearby in the register
- GweinionDomesticunder 1 mi
- MilestoneTransportunder 1 mi
- Pont WrysgenTransportunder 1 mi
- Dugoed-mawrDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.