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Aran Dale

Dolgellau, Gwynedd, Wales

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

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Aran Dale, 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
19 June 1990
Locality
Penbrynglas
Community
Dolgellau
Unitary authority
Gwynedd
Country
Wales
Coordinates
52.74028, -3.88301
Cadw reference
5054

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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

Sited at the S end of Penbrynglas near the path leading to the footbridge over the River Arran.

Early Cl9. Former mill house to the Upper Mill corn mill, the tail race from which ran alongside.

2 storey, 2 window L-shaped house with l window apsidal projection to right hand end. Coursed rubble masonry. Gently pitched hipped slate roof, oversailing eaves. Twin-flued stone stack to rear wing, moulded caps, water tabling.
Modern 2 light casement windows to lst floor, stone lintels. Similar to ground floor. Semicircular open porch on slender iron posts to centre of elevation. Hipped slate roof. Semicircular stone steps below, slate treads. Modern glazed door.

Low lean-to outshot inset to angle of L at rear, corrugated roof, plank door. Later brick stack to main wall above.

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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