Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Old Dairy, Plas-y Bryn Farm
Llanbedr, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llanbedr, Gwynedd, designated on 21 July 1983.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 21 July 1983
- Locality
- Llanbedr
- Community
- Llanbedr
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.81755, -4.10795
- Cadw reference
- 5202
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 · 135 Harlech (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
History
Circa 1870.
Exterior
Freestanding one roomed octagonal dairy. Walls approximately seven feet high, of squared granite blocks with large corner stones and snecked infilling. Unusual double roof construction, comprising pyramidal slated roof over stone walls, with larger independent slated roof structure above. The upper roof oversails the main structure and forms a continuous verandah which is supported at corners by simple timber posts with braces. Octagonal timber louvred ventilator shaft surmounts lower roof and passes through and above upper roof and is surmounted by small pyramidal slated roof with cast iron finial at apex. All slate roofs have slate wings to hips. Vertically boarded entrance door to North with cast iron hit-and-miss ventilator in centre. 4 light timber window with granite sill to NW and NE.
Interior
Interior has slate floor slabs and slate worktops. Ventilator shaft can be opened or closed by 2 flaps operated from inside dairy.
Nearby in the register
- MilestoneTransportunder 1 mi
- Moriah Calvinist ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Llanbedr Standing StonesStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
- Wenallt StoresDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.