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Bro Machno, Conwy, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Cwm Penmachno, 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
- Cwm Penmachno
- Community
- Bro Machno
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.00969, -3.85720
- Cadw reference
- 5876
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
On main road, facing roughly NE towards nearby Pont-y-Swch.
History
Mid C19; associated with adjacent quarries.
Exterior
Two-storey, three window house; L-shaped plan. Slate roof, rubble masonry, slate hanging to rear and R gable. Three rectangular chimneys rendered. First floor windows set at eaves each 12-pane sash. Door and ground floor windows under deep stone lintels with slate hoodmoulds; windows generally 16-pane sashes. Boarded door set between left and central windows.
At rear, projecting gabled wing with two first floor horned sash windows. On ground floor, central doorway with window to each side. Brick privy under lean-to slate roof. Small porch in angle between blocks covers further doorway.
Nearby in the register
- 1 Rhos GochDomesticunder 1 mi
- 2 Rhos GochDomesticunder 1 mi
- 3 Rhos GochDomesticunder 1 mi
- 4 Rhos GochDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.