Lofted cowhouse at Wern Gron

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 Lofted cowhouse at Wern Gron, 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: 52.83498, -4.06793
Cadw reference: 82003

TodayHistorical map

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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

Location

Set well back from the N side of a country road which leads along the W side of the Artro Valley, located to NNE of Pen y Bont. The cowhouse is to SE of the old farmhouse at Wern Gron.

History

Probably C18 agricultural range, re-roofed in C20.

Exterior

Lofted agricultural range of boulder construction; roof continues over aisle to rear giving asymmetrical profile - corrugated sheet roof but retaining stone copings. The principal elevation has a slightly advanced right hand bay that has a narrow door with loft opening above offset to L; main part has a doorway offset slightly to R with small window to its R and access to the loft via a doorway in the L gable.

Interior

The roof in the main part of the range retains roughly hewn chamfered collared trusses and the timber stalls and mangers remain.

Reason for designation

Included as a good and well preserved agricultural range which forms a group with the adjacent farmhouse at Wern Gron.

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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