Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Privy at Benar
Bro Machno, Conwy, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Benar, Bro Machno, Conwy, designated on 17 July 1992.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 17 July 1992
- Locality
- Benar
- Community
- Bro Machno
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.04934, -3.80020
- Cadw reference
- 5853
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 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
Approx 20 metres S of house facing NE.
History
Lavatory house, probably mid C19.
Exterior
Local flat rubble; thick slate roof. Centrally-placed double wooden doors. Gable ends to NW and SE; that to SE has small square window, that to NW has blocked square window. Building built into slope of ground which drops steeply down to stream at rear. Stream flows through square-headed openings in lower part of gable walls.
Interior
Interior has two-seater latrine with wooden seats overhanging stream which carried away waste.
Reason for designation
Listed for group value with Benar Farmhouse.
Nearby in the register
- Benar Farmhouse, including Forecourt Wall and StairsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Benar BarnAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- YsgwyfraithDomesticunder 1 mi
- Root Camp at Ty'n y Coed UchafGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.