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Bron Turnor Mawr

Maentwrog, Gwynedd, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Vale of Ffestiniog, Maentwrog, Gwynedd, designated on 25 February 2005.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Bron Turnor Mawr, Maentwrog, 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
Domestic
Date of designation
25 February 2005
Locality
Vale of Ffestiniog
Community
Maentwrog
Unitary authority
Gwynedd
Country
Wales
Coordinates
52.95301, -3.98437
Cadw reference
83988

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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 · 119 Snowdon (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

Within private grounds set back from the NW side of the narrow country road that runs along the N side of the Vale of Ffestiniog between the A487(T) and the B4391; ENE of Maentwrog.

History

Probably early C19 house and former rectory. Recorded in the tithe apportionment of the parish, 1840, as being owned and occupied by Reverend John Jones.

Exterior

Substantial early C19 house and former rectory. A symmetrically planned 2-storey, 4-window range with central 2-window advanced bay. Built of roughly coursed mortared rubble masonry with large stones as quoins and lintels. Hipped slate roof with advanced eaves and verges; broad end stacks with dripstones and capping and flat coping over a hood. The principal elevation faces the road and the river valley to S and has slightly recessed 12-paned hornless sash windows.

Interior

The interior was not inspected at the time of the survey (June/July 2003).

Reason for designation

Listed as a substantial early C19 house that retains good traditional character.

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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