Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bod Alaw
Dolgellau, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Dolgellau, Gwynedd, designated on 19 June 1990.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 19 June 1990
- Community
- Dolgellau
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.74194, -3.88699
- Cadw reference
- 4981
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the street line by the junction with Heol-y-Capel and stepped up from the adjoining terrace.
History
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Exterior
2 storey and cellar, 2 window house. Squared coursed rubble masonry. Gently pitched quarry slate roof, pitch daubed to right, plain close eaves and verges. Stone stacks, water tabling.
Large l6 pane sash windows under eaves to lst floor. Similar to ground floor, stone lintels. Cellar windows below, deep stone lintels.
Brick staircase with sidewalls to central doorway, slate treads. Open timber porch; corniced top over frieze with pierced quatrefoils. Chamfered posts, timber lattice sides. 2 long glazed panels over small flush panels to door.
Right end elevation. 2 light, 6 pane casement windows offset to left, stone lintels. Steps down to cobbled yard below street level bounded by stone wall. Cellar doorway to centre, stone lintel, plank door.
Reason for designation
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- 5 Finsbury SquareDomesticunder 1 mi
- 4 Finsbury SquareDomesticunder 1 mi
- RhugDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bryn GwyneddDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.