Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Water Gauge House on Weir below Lake Vyrnwy Dam
Llanwddyn, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Lake Vyrnwy Dam, Llanwddyn, Powys, designated on 26 February 2003.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Water Supply and Drainage
- Date of designation
- 26 February 2003
- Locality
- Lake Vyrnwy Dam
- Community
- Llanwddyn
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.75991, -3.45541
- Cadw reference
- 80938
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 136 Bala (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the south bank of the River Vyrnwy about 200 m below the dam, beside a public path.
History
A water gauge house on the weir beneath the Vyrnwy dam, part of the original reservoir works.
Exterior
A timber-framed apparatus house about 2 m by 3 m, with a tile roof. Timber frame painted brown with white panels. Two-light mullion and transom windows on all four faces; boarded door in addition on the south face. The framing stands on two courses of red plinth bricks and a rock-faced slate base.
Reason for designation
A small building forming part of the original Vyrnwy Dam works, in a picturesque style reflecting the architecture of the new Llanwddyn village.
Nearby in the register
- Bryn VyrnwyDomesticunder 1 mi
- Telephone Call-box near Bryn VyrnwyCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- No. 5 Glyndu, LlanwddynDomesticunder 1 mi
- No. 6 Glyndu, LlanwddynDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.