Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Stables at Felinrhyd-fawr
Talsarnau, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Vale of Ffestiniog, Talsarnau, Gwynedd, designated on 7 April 1989.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 7 April 1989
- Locality
- Vale of Ffestiniog
- Community
- Talsarnau
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.93729, -4.01273
- Cadw reference
- 5216
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 · 119 Snowdon (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located at the S side of the A496 c2km SW of Maentwrog. The stables are directly SW of the house at Felinrhyd-fawr and form the northern side of the sloping farmyard; backing onto the road.
History
Dated 1873 (see window jamb) - probably contemporary with the extension of the house and enlargement of this estate farm.
Exterior
Single storey, 4 bay front; rubble with slate roof. Tall boarded doors to right of centre flanked by cross frame windows (in poor condition to left). Six panel door at left end into the tack room. No openings to gable end and rear elevations.
Interior
King post roof trusses; retains stalls for 3 horses and has stone flagged floor; connecting doorway with tack room.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with the farmhouse and other listed items at Felinrhyd Fawr.
Nearby in the register
- Pigsties and cartshed at Felinrhyd-fawrAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Felinrhyd-fawrDomesticunder 1 mi
- Forge and open storage area at Felinrhyd-fawrIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Haybarn (W) at Felinrhyd-fawrAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.