Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Ffynnon Fair
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
- 52.74056, -3.88835
- Cadw reference
- 5027
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
At the end of a narrow lane leading off Love Lane opposite Bryntirion and alongside Brynbella.
History
Cl8? ruined well-house and well.
Exterior
Rubble masonry. Rectangular enclosure, largely collapsed except on E where doorway with stone lintel survives to extreme right.
Stone lined rectangular pool to interior with flagstones forming walkway against enclosure walls.
The well was considered to have been efficacious in the cure of rheumatic diseases during the Cl8, but the site may be much older with Roman coins discovered in the late Cl7.
Nearby in the register
- Stable Tables & Loose Box to Bryn MairDomesticunder 1 mi
- Coach House to Bryn MairDomesticunder 1 mi
- BrynbellaDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bryn MairDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.