Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Llwyndu Guest House
Barmouth, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llanaber, Barmouth, Gwynedd, designated on 27 November 1986.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 27 November 1986
- Locality
- Llanaber
- Community
- Barmouth
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.74632, -4.07514
- Cadw reference
- 5228
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
Location
Situated on a hillside and accessed via a track running uphill from the main road, approximately 0.5 Km N of Llanaber.
History
Late C16 or early C17 house of the Edwards family; a Robert Edwards, Clerk of the Peace, Crown Exchequer and Deputy Sherrif of Meirionedd is mentioned in 1582, and it is probable that he or his son built the present house.
Exterior
2-storey, rubble construction with slate roof; Plain kneelered rubble gable parapets with tall end chimneys with weather coursing; that to the R has contemporary stone capping, that to the L has C19 upper section. Rendered, whitened facade with later irregular fenestration. 3 12-pane sash windows, recessed, to first floor; to the extreme L a narrow 2-light original window with off-set timber mullion. Modern small-paned windows to ground floor with a narrow masonry projection beside the L window. Off-centre to R is a pitched-roofed modern porch covering the original crude arched entrance; C19 boarded, arched door with arched 3-pane top light. Curved forecourt walls. Similar small original windows to gable ends; the R gable has later buttressing. Cross-range to rear, probably mid C19, the gable end rendered. This with stone stepped access to first floor. A boarded door to the L gable opens onto the remains of the originally internal stone newel stair to the hall.
Interior
Cross-passage with modern post-and-panel screen; hall to L and parlour to R, both with deep inglenook fireplaces and newel stairs (that to hall blocked) Stopped-chamfered beamed ceilings. Narrow C19 dog-leg stair, now boxed-in beside the passage. Fireplace bressummer to upper L room with adjacent garderobe within thickness of stack.
Reason for designation
Group value with other listed items at Llwyndu.
Nearby in the register
- Long Barn Range at Llwyndu, including attached Small Range at S EndAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Dower House at LlwynduDomesticunder 1 mi
- Former Watermill at LlwynduIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Former Cowhouse at LlwynduAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.