Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Barn (1) at Gerddi Bluog
Llanfair, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llanfair, Gwynedd, designated on 30 November 1966.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 30 November 1966
- Locality
- Llanfair
- Community
- Llanfair
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.85694, -4.05219
- Cadw reference
- 4802
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 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 · 135 Harlech (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
A country road branches E off Fonllef Hir and leads to the Cwm Bychan road; c4km NE of Llanfair it passes through the farmyard at Gerddi Bluog. The barn is to SSW of the house and lies at right angles to the E side of the road.
History
Early C18 barn, dated by an inscribed stone set in the E gable apex which bears the date 1728. Re-slated in C20 and extended in the C20 by a single pitched addition along the N lateral wall.
Exterior
Early C18 barn built of rubble masonry; slate roof laid to diminishing courses with tiled ridge and stone copings. The entrance is through a central doorway in the E gable which has a small opening set in the apex above. The W gable has a pitching hole to the loft and there is a slate slab set in the gable apex which bears the inscription: MORGAN PRYS / HYDREF : Y : 31 : / 1728 W H / PEN SAUR.
Interior
The 2-bay roof has a pegged and chamfered collared truss.
Reason for designation
Included as an excellent example of an early C18 barn which forms a group with the house and other ancillary buildings at Gerddi Bluog; a good example of a C18/C19 upland farmstead.
Nearby in the register
- Barn (2) at Gerrdi BluogAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Barn (3) at Gerddi BluogAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Gerddi BluogRecreationalunder 1 mi
- Field Barn at Gerddi BluogNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.