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Penbryn House

Dolgellau, Gwynedd, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Dolgellau, Gwynedd, designated on 12 February 1952.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Penbryn 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
Domestic
Date of designation
12 February 1952
Community
Dolgellau
Unitary authority
Gwynedd
Country
Wales
Coordinates
52.74179, -3.88859
Cadw reference
5006

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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)
  • 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)

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Cadw's description

Set back from Y Lawnt behind a sloping terraced garden with rear to Cader Road.

l808 with later additions.

Pair of 3 window, 3 storey houses with l window extension to W end. Coursed rubble masonry. Moderately pitched slate roofs, cavetto eaves cornices, close verges. Stone stacks, water tabling.
Later Cl9 gablets over outer windows to top storey, bargeboards. l2 pane sashes. Dummy window set under eaves to centre. Glazing bars painted on to Penbryn Croft. l2 pane sashes to lst floor, stone lintels and sills, dummy to centre. Similar fenestration to ground floor with central doorway. Modern doors, lattice rectangular fanlight to Penbryn House. Slate tablets over doorways with lettering: "Built by T G E l808" to Penbryn croft and "Built by R O J l808" to Penbryn House.
3 storey, l window near contemporary exten

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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