Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Coed Fron Serth
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
- 52.74075, -3.85029
- Cadw reference
- 5162
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated in its own grounds and reached via a drive some 400m W of the chapel at Tabor.
History
Early-mid Cl9 gentleman's residence incorporating ealrier, probably Cl8 farmhouse.
Exterior
2 storey. Coursed rubble masonry. Gently pitched quarry slate roof, plain eaves, close verges. Stone stacks, water tabling.
Earlier work to E, double pile early-mid Cl9 wing with apsidal ends to W.
Entrance front to N. End stack to left. Four lst floor windows, stone lintels. Two 2 light small paned casements to left, 2 shallow 8 pane sashes to right, slate sills. Doorway to centre of former farmhouse elevation. Part glazed door incorporating false lattice glazed fanlight. Modern gabled timber glazed porch, stone plinth. l6 pane sash windows flanking, deep stone lintels. Horizontally-proportioned l2 pane sash to extreme right, stone lintel.
Twin apsidal bays to W end, advanced to left. Four tripartite sash windows. l2 pane centre sash with 8 pane side sashes. Central stone stack.
Garden elevation of double pile to rear. l6 pane sash window to lst floor right, similar below. Small paned French window to ground floor left, stone lintel. Gabled rear portion of older part to extreme right. 6 pane sash window to lst and ground floors.
Small gabled outhouse to E gable end. Rubble masonry, slate roof, plank door and, 6 pane sash to end elevation; lean-to to left. Corbelled oven projection to wall of original house at right.
Interior
Interior with reeded doorcases, 6 panel doors, panelled window shutters and reveals. Earlier stair - re-used? Square newels, sinuous splat balusters, Cl7 panelling.
Nearby in the register
- Tyddyn Garreg FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Maes-yr-Helmau FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Stable at Dref Cerrig FarmDomesticunder 1 mi
- Dref Cerrig FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.