Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
U-shaped Range of Farmbuildings at Tal-y-bont-uchaf
Llanllechid, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 9 March 2000
- Locality
- Tal-y-bont
- Community
- Llanllechid
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.21490, -4.07818
- Cadw reference
- 22940
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1896 "Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on the north-east side of the cobbled farmyard at Tal-y-bont uchaf.
History
Probably added to the farm at Tal-y-bont-uchaf c1850 as part of the considerable improvements made to its farms by the Penrhyn Estate after the succession of Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant in 1840.
Exterior
Single-storey U-shaped range of farmbuildings, comprising cowhouse with pigsties in the gap between the 2 projecting ranges on the north and cart bays on west side. Irregularly coursed rubblestone; slate roof, hipped to the 2 projecting ranges. Cowhouse is open-fronted to yard (south) side. Lean-to pigsties on north in space between projecting ranges, eastern of which has ridge stack and doorway to internal elevation; western projecting range has 2 segmental-headed cart bays on west side facing rear range of house.
Interior
Interior not inspected at time of Survey.
Reason for designation
Included for strong group value with the farmhouse and attached farmbuildings at Tal-y-bont-uchaf.
Nearby in the register
- Tal-y-bont-uchaf and attached farmbuildingsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Plas HwfaDomesticunder 1 mi
- Eglwys St CrossReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Hut Circle Settlement NW of Tan-y-MarianHut Circle Settlementunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.