Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Berth-ddu
Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Nant Bryn Llefrith, Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd, designated on 27 February 2004.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 27 February 2004
- Locality
- Nant Bryn Llefrith
- Community
- Trawsfynydd
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.88735, -3.92003
- Cadw reference
- 82532
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 · 135 Harlech (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the west side of the A470 between Trawsfynydd and Bronaber, about 1km south of Llyn Trawfynydd. The house is to the SE of its farmyard, and faces away from it, in a small enclosed garden
History
Probably mid C19 farmhouse. The Tithe Apportionment of 1849 records two farms at Berth-ddu (Berth-ddu uchaf and Berth-ddu isaf) in the single ownership of Catherine Lloyd. Perhaps this house, with its decidedly polite architectural leanings, is the product of an amalgamation of these two holdings.
Exterior
Farmhouse, 2 storeyed, symmetrical 3-window elevation with central entrance. Smooth rendered elevations and hipped slate roof with end wall stacks (stone to right, rendered to left). Central door with shallow overlight, and flanking 16-pane sash windows. Similar windows above, though narrower over doorway.
Reason for designation
Listed as a good C19 farmhouse, its simple polite architectural character indicative of a substantial, improved holding.
Nearby in the register
- Outbuilding at Berth-dduAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Hayban and cowhouse at Berth-dduAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Milestone by Bryn LlefrithTransportunder 1 mi
- Maen Llwyd Standing StonesStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.