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Penpenmaen Cottage

Pwllheli, Gwynedd, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Pwllheli, Gwynedd, designated on 28 July 1989.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Penpenmaen Cottage, Pwllheli, 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
28 July 1989
Community
Pwllheli
Unitary authority
Gwynedd
Country
Wales
Coordinates
52.89007, -4.42793
Cadw reference
4548

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1830 map "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 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)
  • 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (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)

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Cadw's description

Location

Set in the slope on the by-road W out of the town centre towards Efailnewydd.

History

Probably late C18/early C19

Exterior

Single storey building with rendered front and slate roof; rubble chimney stacks with weathercoursing to right and centre and later brick stack to left gable end - possibly the conversion of former agricultural range. Margins to recessed casement windows; half glazed modern door and porch. Metal frame windows to rear.

Stepped rubble forecourt wall.

Reason for designation

Included as an unspoilt example of rural vernacular.

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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