Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Barn at Dref Cerrig Farm
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
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 19 June 1990
- Community
- Dolgellau
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.73430, -3.85975
- Cadw reference
- 5150
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 · 149 Barmouth (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Adjacent to and in line with the farmhouse located at the end of a track shared with Tyddyn Ednyfed up the Arran Valley road.
History
Early Cl7 four-bay cruck barn.
Exterior
Rubble masonry. Steeply pitched slate roof, large glazed panels let into front pitch, plain eaves, close verges. Opposed barn doors set over to right, opening to rear walled up. Plank door to front, timber lintel. Single ventilation slits to front and rear of each bay. Similar to left end with later, Cl9?, pitching door over.
3 cruck trusses partly set into walls. Through purlin, collar-and-tie beam raised full crucks, bow blades tenoned with collared yokes. Original purlins and most rafters. Flagstone floor.
A rare survival of an intact early agricultural building contemporary with its farmhouse.
Reason for designation
Group value with farmhouse.
Nearby in the register
- Dref Cerrig FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Stable at Dref Cerrig FarmDomesticunder 1 mi
- Stable at Bwlch Coch FarmDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bwlch Coch FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.