Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
The White Barn
Maentwrog, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Tan-y-bwlch, Maentwrog, Gwynedd, designated on 25 February 2005.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 25 February 2005
- Locality
- Tan-y-bwlch
- Community
- Maentwrog
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.94681, -3.99827
- Cadw reference
- 84024
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 · 119 Snowdon (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
In a slightly elevated position, set back from the SE side of the A487(T) in the centre of the small hamlet of Tan-y-bwlch.
History
Late C19 building, possibly built as a dairy for the Tan y bwlch estate, and now a house and restaurant.
Exterior
Single storey, long 6-bay building of roughly coursed mortared rubble masonry. Roof of slates arranged in a decorative pattern, with broadly advanced feathered eaves on monolithic stone piers; rectangular stone stacks with dripcourse and capping. Glazed double doors towards left of front elevation, and 2-light casement windows with shutters. Similar detail to rear.
At R (SW) gable there is a modern, flat roofed addition and there is a timber walled addition under the eaves to rear.
Interior
The interior was not inspected at the time of the survey (June/July 2003).
Reason for designation
Listed notwithstanding alteration as a building of unusual form and strange architectural character, strongly linked to the Tan-y-bwlch estate.
Nearby in the register
- Hay Barn adjacent to Yr Hen Ysgubor and Crochendy TwrogAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Yr Hen Ysgubor aka Barton LodgeDomesticunder 1 mi
- Crochendy TwrogCommercialunder 1 mi
- Ty'r FelinAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.