Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Ty Gwyn
Porthmadog, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 1 April 1974
- Locality
- Tremadog
- Community
- Porthmadog
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.94082, -4.13894
- Cadw reference
- 4447
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1795 "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).
Cadw's description
Location
Set well back from the main road (A498) and in a terrace of houses approximately 250m ENE of Tremadog Market Square.
History
An early C19 house amalgamated into a single dwelling with a small terraced house on the L side, part of Factory Place built for workers at the adjoining woollen manufactory, which opened in 1806. The main house is of a higher status than the adjoining terraced houses, and of a similar status (although different character) to the adjoining Bronhaul on the R side, suggesting that it was built for a manager or supervisor. Both elements of the present house are shown on the 1842 Tithe map and were still 2 dwellings on the 1888 Ordnance Survey.
Exterior
A late Georgian 2-storey 3-bay house of pebble-dashed front over stone, slate roof and end stacks. The later central wooden gabled porch has fretwork scrolled barge boards. The entrance has a fielded-panel door and 3-pane overlight. On the R side windows are 18-pane tripartite hornless sashes. On the L side are narrower 24-pane hornless sashes. The central upper window is blind. On the L side is a lower former 2-storey double-fronted cottage, which has a central door of vertical and glazed panels, and casement windows with margin lights.
The former cottage has a rear outshut. The main house, which is rubble stone to the rear, has a small-pane 2-light window upper R.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special architectural interest as 2 amalgamated houses retaining good late Georgian character, associated with and contributing to the historical integrity of the Tremadog Manufactory, and for its contribution to the overall historical integrity of Tremadog.
Nearby in the register
- BronhaulDomesticunder 1 mi
- Ivy CottageNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Y BwthynNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- DeseretDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.