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Cowhouse at Crafnant

Llanbedr, Gwynedd, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Afon Artro Valley, Llanbedr, Gwynedd, designated on 29 October 2003.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Cowhouse at Crafnant, Llanbedr, Gwynedd, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Date of designation
29 October 2003
Locality
Afon Artro Valley
Community
Llanbedr
Unitary authority
Gwynedd
Country
Wales
Coordinates
52.84262, -4.05447
Cadw reference
81993

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)

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Cadw's description

Slightly set back from the W side of the country road which leads up the Afon Artro Valley. The cowhouse lies directly SW of the house at Crafnant.

Probably C18.

Small cowhouse or beudy built of roughly coursed rubble masonry with large stones as quoins and lintels. Roof of small old slates with stone copings. The range is built into the slope to SW of the farmhouse, entry is via a doorway in the SE gable and there is a pitching hole in the NE gable; a single small window in the SW lateral wall is now blocked.

Included as a well preserved cowhouse which forms a group with the farmhouse and other agricultural buildings which go to form the complete farmstead at Crafnant.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0
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