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Frondeg

Beddgelert, Gwynedd, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Beddgelert, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, designated on 14 December 1961.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Frondeg, Beddgelert, Gwynedd, 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
14 December 1961
Locality
Beddgelert
Town
Caernarfon
Community
Beddgelert
Unitary authority
Gwynedd
Country
Wales
Coordinates
53.01189, -4.10165
Cadw reference
3719

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 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 · 119 Snowdon (Hills) (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 the streetline.

Second-quarter C19 2-storey house of rubble construction with slate roof. Central entrance with C20 gabled and part-boarded porch. Flanking windows to both floors, those to the first floor C19 unhorned 12-pane sashes. To the R of the entrance on the ground floor is a C20 multi-pane window with renewed returned slate label; that to the L is a C19 nine-pane sash with simple slate lintel; projecting slate sills throughout.

The interior was not inspected at the time of survey.

Listed for its special interest as a small C19 village house retaining much vernacular character.

Group value with other listed items on Smith Street.

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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