Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Barn at Gwern-y-braichdwr
Llandderfel, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Cwm Main, Llandderfel, Gwynedd, designated on 20 October 1966.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 20 October 1966
- Locality
- Cwm Main
- Community
- Llandderfel
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.96794, -3.49391
- Cadw reference
- 4662
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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)
- 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)
- 1898 · 120 Corwen (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located to the E of the Stable Block at Gwern-y-braichdwr.
History
First-half C17 barn, built to serve Gwer-y-braichdwr and contemporary with the adjacent stables.
Exterior
Rectangular barn of local stone construction with steeply-pitched corrugated tin roof. The E side has 2 entrances with modern boarded doors, that to the centre full-height, that to its R lower. The S gable is set into the slope with a track running behind it. This has an upper loading bay with exposed timber lintel. Window to the W side (formerly an entrance, now reduced); expressed timber lintel.
Interior
Five-bay interior with reused cruck blades forming pegged collar and tie-beam trusses, two of the tie beams cut and removed.
Reason for designation
Listed as a good early C17 barn retaining reused cruck blades from an earlier structure and having good original character.
Part of a good farmstead group.
Nearby in the register
- Former Stable Block at Gwern-y-braichdwr including adjoining Revetment WallAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Gwern-y-braichdwrDomesticunder 1 mi
- Ty tan-y-fforddDomesticunder 1 mi
- Caer Euni CampHillfortunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.