Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Ruined Building to East of Llwyn
Dolgellau, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Dolgellau, Gwynedd, designated on 27 October 1982.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 27 October 1982
- Community
- Dolgellau
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.74598, -3.87896
- Cadw reference
- 4925
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid 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)
- 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
Immediately adjacent to the E gable end of Llwyn.
Exterior
Perhaps originally stables for the main house. l+ storey, 3ábay. Rubble masonry. Steeply pitched roof, slates removed. Tall square chimney stacks, water tabling.
Four windows to lst floor, similar to ground floor - doorway to left of centre. Formerly 12 pane sashes, but narrowed from earlier dimensions, possibly former doorways. Blocked doorway at loft level to right gable end. 3 gabled stone dormers to rear, casement windows, formerly lead cames. Central doorway.
Chamfered transverse ceiling beams. Some plank and muntin partitions to lst floor, collared through purlin trusses.
Fragments of dressed stone to front elevation - one inscribed: "A l582".
The building was in a ruinous overgrown condition, without slates, and its floors collapsing at time of inspection.
Reason for designation
Group value with house with which it may be contemporary in its original form.
Nearby in the register
- LlwynDomesticunder 1 mi
- Dutch Barn at LlwynAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Coed-y-FronalltDomesticunder 1 mi
- Y Bont FawrTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.