Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cartshed at Plas yn Rhiw
Aberdaron, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Rhiw Plas, Pwllheli, Aberdaron, Gwynedd, designated on 19 October 1971.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 19 October 1971
- Locality
- Rhiw Plas
- Town
- Pwllheli
- Community
- Aberdaron
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.82283, -4.61900
- Cadw reference
- 4244
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 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)
- 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 · 134 Pwllheli (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on W side of lane from Plas-yn-Rhiw to Rhiw church, just N of Plas-yn-Rhiw.
History
Earlier C19 2-bay cartshed to Plas-yn-Rhiw, now owned by the National Trust. Not apparently marked on 1844 Tithe Map.
Exterior
Cartshed, rubble stone in squared blocks with hipped close-eaved slate roof. Single-storey with two full-height double ledged doors, long thin slab lintels and square pier between. Otherwise windowless.
Interior
Two-bay roof with wish-bone truss, partition wall.
Reason for designation
Included as an attractive small hipped outbuilding, of group value with Yr Hen Gapel ruins to N, and forming part of a complete group of service buildings at Plas yn Rhiw.
Nearby in the register
- Yr Hen Gapel at Plas yn RhiwDomesticunder 1 mi
- Workshop at Plas yn RhiwDomesticunder 1 mi
- Plas yn RhiwDomesticunder 1 mi
- Stable at Plas yn RhiwDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.