Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Neuadd Llewelyn
Maentwrog, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 30 November 1966
- Locality
- Maentwrog
- Community
- Maentwrog
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.94551, -3.98876
- Cadw reference
- 4821
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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 along the W side of Bull Street (A496) at the N end of the village of Maentwrog; at the end of the row of houses in alignment with The Grapes Hotel, to S of Glan Dwyryd.
History
Early C19 house, contemporary with the former Co-operative shop dated 1834 and one of a series of a terrace of houses built on a plot of land named as Glan William in the tithe apportionment of the parish, 1840; owned by Maria Shaw and occupied by William Jones Esq.
William Gruffyd Oakeley (1790-1835) was only 21 when he inherited the Plas Tan-y-bwlch estate and set about an ambitious programme of improving the estate. This entailed new building in the village of Maentwrog and rebuilding or improving the existing buildings. In order to do so he opened a quarry near Gelli Grin from which was quarried the large lengths of brown stone present in so many of the village buildings.
Offered up for sale in the auction of the Plas Tan-y-bwlch estate, 1910, in Lot 12 'The Picturesque Rural Village of Maentwrog'. The property was described as Neuadd LLewelyn - Shop, house and premises, occupied by Mrs Alice Kyffin, for an annual rent of £16-0s-0d (£16.00).
Exterior
Two storey house in the georgian style characteristic of the estate at this period. built of coursed stone masonry including massive stone lintel across the ground floor openings. Slate roof with overhanging eaves and verges; large rectangular end stacks with dripstones and capping. The house appears to have originally been a pair of 2 window houses with the doorways offset to R (N); the doorway to L has been partially blocked and houses a window in the upper part. The doorway at R end has a panelled door under a shallow overlight with diamond glazing bars, the windows are 12-pane horned sashes and the first floor windows are offset to L of the original doorways and set under the eaves. Basement storey at rear, retaining small paned casement windows.
Interior
The interior was not inspected at the time of the survey (June/July 2003).
Reason for designation
Listed as an early C19 house retaining Georgian character that forms an integral component of a well-preserved terrace at the centre of the estate village of Maentwrog.
Nearby in the register
- Glan DwyrydDomesticunder 1 mi
- Lychgate to Church of St. TwrogReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Pen-y-BrynDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bwlch y Maen - Former Co-operative shopCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.