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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
- 52.94504, -3.98867
- Cadw reference
- 4831
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 alongside the W side of Bull Street (A496) in the village of Maentwrog; located to SE of Church of St. Twrog at the rear of Llys Twrog.
History
Probably mid C19 house. The building is not marked on the tithe map of the parish, 1840, but was built on a parcel of land described as 'Tir y Llan'; owned by Louisa Jane Oakeley of Plas Tan-y-bwlch and occupied by Cadwaladr Evans.
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 Tanffordd - Cottage and buildings, occupied by Griffith Roberts, for an annual rent of £8-0s-0d (£8.00).
Exterior
A small single storey cottage. Built of mortared rubble masonry. Slate roof with stone coping at S end and large stone stack at N gable. The principal elevation faces the road to E, a 4-window range with central doorway; windows are modern timber casements.
Interior
The interior was not inspected at the time of the survey (June/July 2003).
Reason for designation
Listed, notwithstanding some alterations, as a small early to mid C19 house retaining traditional character that forms a group with the other buildings at the centre of the estate village of Maentwrog.
Nearby in the register
- Llys TwrogDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bron-y-wernDomesticunder 1 mi
- Steps up to Penlan, with flanking wallsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pen-y-BrynDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.