Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Barn at Byrllysg
Dyffryn Ardudwy, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Dyffryn Ardudwy, Gwynedd, designated on 13 April 2005.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 13 April 2005
- Community
- Dyffryn Ardudwy
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.79548, -4.08488
- Cadw reference
- 84338
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
Set back, along a private track, from the SE side of Ffordd y Briws c.1km ENE from Coed Ystumgwern. The barn lies along the S side of the track to SE of the house.
History
C18 barn, probably dating to the date of the radical alterations to the adjacent farmhouse.
Exterior
Small barn built of roughly coursed blockwork masonry. The roof is now of profiled metal sheeting but retains raised stone copings. The barn is of 3 bays with a central narrow doorway flanked by narrow ventilation slits.
Reason for designation
Listed as a small barn with good traditional character including high quality stone work, and for group value with the house at Byrllysg.
Nearby in the register
- ByrllysgDomesticunder 1 mi
- Byrllysg promontory fortPromontory Fort - inlandunder 1 mi
- Lofted stables at Bron-y-foel-isafAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Bron-y-foel-isafDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.