Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Rhydybod
Llanuwchllyn, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Cwm Cynllwyd, Bala, Llanuwchllyn, Gwynedd, designated on 31 January 2001.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 31 January 2001
- Locality
- Cwm Cynllwyd
- Town
- Bala
- Community
- Llanuwchllyn
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.83238, -3.64786
- Cadw reference
- 24713
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
Located at the northern end of the Cwm Cynllwyd, a short distance to the NW of Talardd; set back slightly below the road on the SW side.
History
C19 farmhouse, rebuilt c1870-80 by Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, Bart., as part of a series of estate improvements carried out on the Glanllyn estate in the last third of the C19. The site itself is early, the name probably being a corruption of Rhyd yr Abad (Abbot's Ford); the land within this valley was monastic land before the Dissolution and belonged to the Cistercian house at Strata Marcella. Rhyd-yr-Abad is first mentioned in 1529.
Exterior
Two-storey estate farmhouse with centralised plan. Of local slatestone construction with pitched slate roof and squat central chimney; plain capping and weathercoursing. The house consists of a main 3-bay block with lower service and carthouse wing adjoining to the rear. The main elevation is symmetrical and has a central entrance with part-glazed door and 4-pane rectangular overlight. Original late C19 timber-framed cross-windows with wrought iron opening lights to 6-pane casement sections to both floors; rough-dressed slate lintels and projecting slate sills. Transomed windows with fixed upper and opening lower sections to the gable ends, one to the ground-floor of each gable, and 2 to the upper floor R gable, of which that to the L is blind. A corrugated iron lean-to adjoins the rear to the L; boarded door to the side. Lower wing to the rear, with central chimney to the upper, service section; 2-bay carthouse stepped-down to the R of this, with corrugated iron cladding and central brick pier.
Interior
The interior was not inspected at the time of survey.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a third-quarter C19 farmhouse, retaining good original character; one of the farms on the Glanllyn estate rebuilt by Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, Bart., as part of a series of estate improvements carried out in the last third of the C19.
Nearby in the register
- Pont Gweirglodd GilfachTransportunder 1 mi
- Pen y Gyrn Roman RoadRoad1 mi
- Pont Afon FechanTransport1 mi
- Pont Ty NantTransport1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.