Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Glyn Malden
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
- 52.74537, -3.91602
- Cadw reference
- 5167
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid 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)
- 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 · 135 Harlech (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Sited in its own grounds at the end of a short drive l.2 km West of the junction with the A470.
History
Mid Cl9 Gentleman's residence in the later Cl7 local vernacular style.
Exterior
5áwindow, 2+ storey house. Coursed rubble masonry. Steeply pitched slate roof, raking gable copings on kneelers, eaves band on stone corbels. Truncated stack to right.
Gabled stone dormers, raking gable copings on kneelers, dove boxes to gables, 2 light casement windows. l2 pane sash windows to lst floor, stone lintels. Later, broad tripartite sash windows to ground floor, l5 pane centre sash with l0 pane side sashes, rendered lintels. Gabled stone porch to centre, raking gable copings. Original door, 12 pane fixed light windows to sides. Stone voussoirs over inner door, modern door.
N gable end with tier of windows to right, 2 light casement over l2 pane sashes, broader to ground floor, similar blocked to left. 2 storey rear range, rubble slate roof, gable copings, end stack raised in brick. l6ápane sash set under eaves, 20 pane sash to ground floor.
S gable end has 2 light casement over l2 pane sash, former doorway to Victorian conservatory (demolished) blocked at ground floor with modern window. 2+ storey, 2 window, rear range, rubble, slate roof, plain eaves, gable copings, end stack and tall medial stack, water tabling.
Gabled stone dormers, close verges, 2 light casements. l2 pane sashes to lst floor, l2 and l6 pane sashes to ground floor. Low 2 storey extension adjoins, rubble, slate roof, stone stack. Bipartite l6 pane sash set under eaves, modern window below. Unsympathetic modern extension to extreme left.
Interior
Interior adapted to office use. Ironwork balustrade to main staircase, anthemion motif, moulded tread ends. Service stair to rear wing. 6 panel doors, panelled reveals etc. Ceiling cornices. Round arched corridor arches to lst floor. Spiral stair to 2nd floor, scrolled newel, moulded tread ends.
Nearby in the register
- BrynaddaDomesticunder 1 mi
- LlyndirDomesticunder 1 mi
- Gazebo or Music room at DolrhydGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Dolrhyd HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.