Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
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Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Abergynolwyn, Tywyn, Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, Gwynedd, designated on 10 April 2000.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 10 April 2000
- Locality
- Abergynolwyn
- Town
- Tywyn
- Community
- Llanfihangel-y-Pennant
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.64377, -3.95509
- Cadw reference
- 23189
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 · 149 Barmouth (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Heol Tan-y-bryn is a development of two confronting terraces of houses running NE-SW, on the S side of Abergynolwyn.
History
The houses fronting Tan-y-bryn were designed by T H Connell for the Aberdovey Slate Co Ltd between 1865 and 1868. It consisted of a street of two facing rows of 22 houses also by T H Connell, the 12 on the N side containing a parlour, living room, kitchen and 3 bedrooms. On the S side 5 larger houses had four bedrooms, presumably the houses at the W end of the S side, and 6 were smaller with only two bedrooms. One other is to a different plan, presumably to incorporate a shop. All had back gardens. The quarry was sold in 1879, and closed in 1909, but was re-formed as the Abergynolwyn Slate and Slab Co Ltd in 1911, continuing production into the late 1920s. No 10A is one of the larger houses at the W end of the S row, said to be the earliest to be erected in the street and was probably the community general shop.
Exterior
The building, which is at the SW end of the row, is of 3 window bays, with the original 3-panelled door but with an arch in the fanlight. Twelve-paned horned sash windows, but a former opening, perhaps a shop window, to the right of the door has been replaced with a tripartite uPVC window. Later extensions to the rear and 3 roof lights.
Reason for designation
Included as part of a mid-later C19 planned development of high quality workers' dwellings of urban character for the local slate industry.
Nearby in the register
- 9A Heol Tan-y-bryn, including railings to frontDomesticunder 1 mi
- Isfryn, including railings to the frontDomesticunder 1 mi
- 2 Heol Tan-y-brynDomesticunder 1 mi
- 7A Heol Tan-y-bryn, including railings to frontDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.