Visitor Centre at Beechwood House

Dolgellau, Gwynedd, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Dolgellau, Gwynedd, designated on 19 June 1990.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Visitor Centre at Beechwood House, Dolgellau, Gwynedd, with a pin at the register's coordinates — Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation: Listed building, Grade II
Broad class: Recreational
Date of designation: 19 June 1990
Community: Dolgellau
Unitary authority: Gwynedd
Country: Wales
Coordinates: 52.74411, -3.88517
Cadw reference: 4932

TodayHistorical map

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David 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)

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Cadw's description

Location

Prominently situated opposite the Shire Hall at the end of the Bont Fawr.

History

Late Cl9.

Exterior

3 storey, 5 window block. Snecked masonry front and end elevations. Moderately pitched slate roof, hipped over right end. Oversailing eaves, exposed purlins, bargeboards. Snecked masonry stacks.
Victorian sash windows set under eaves to 2nd floor, cemented reveals. Similar to lst floor, stone lintels. Victorian shopfront to ground floor right. Moulded cornice on scrolled brackets, sunk panelled pilasters, doorcase to right, 9 pane shop window to left, rubble stallriser. Doorway and 3 sash windows to left, stone lintels.
Right end elevation faces "Y Bont Fawr", 3 storey, 2 window. Victorian sashes as front to 2nd and lst floors. Small shop window to ground floor, moulded cornice on scrolled brackets and 4 pane window, sunk panelled pilasters, rubble stallriser.
Rear right corner canted back to lower 3 storey gabled rear extension set below eaves of main building giving 3 window elevation. Victorian sashes, stone lintels. Similar extension to right on rear.

Reason for designation

Included for group and townscape value.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0

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