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Iscoed Cottage

Bro Machno, Conwy, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Penmachno Mill, Bro Machno, Conwy, designated on 13 October 1966.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Iscoed Cottage, Bro Machno, Conwy, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
Domestic
Date of designation
13 October 1966
Locality
Penmachno Mill
Community
Bro Machno
Unitary authority
Conwy
Country
Wales
Coordinates
53.05918, -3.78209
Cadw reference
3574

Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 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)
  • 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

On W corner of B 4406 and minor road leading to Penmachno woollen mill.

Early C19 former toll gate cottage.

Single-storey plus loft, on plinth as ground falls to NW. Uncoursed rubble, slate roof (renovated November 1991), central rectangular stone chimney with water tabling. Two wooden casement windows face NE. NW gable end has small rectangular loft window, and on ground floor low outshot in local stone with brown brick dressings and lean-to slate roof. SW elevation has single casement window and low gabled addition with doorway. Gable end facing main road has single casement window.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0
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