Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Ty-Ucha-Bach and Ty-Ucha-Mawr
Dyffryn Ardudwy, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Tal-y-bont, Dyffryn Ardudwy, Gwynedd, designated on 13 April 2005.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 13 April 2005
- Locality
- Tal-y-bont
- Community
- Dyffryn Ardudwy
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.77472, -4.09198
- Cadw reference
- 84367
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
Slightly set back from the E side of Ffordd Ysgethin (A496) directly SE of Tal-y-bont bridge.
History
House of c1800, with mid-late C19 wing at L (W) end. Recorded as Hwylfargroes in the tithe apportionment of the parish, 1841; owned by Jane Roberts and occupied by Catherine Roberts. Now 2 houses.
Exterior
2 storeyed house, a 3-window range, with later cross wing to left. Mortared rubble masonry; slate roof with tall gable end stone stacks to original range, with dripstones and capping. Original range has central doorway in a gabled porch, and 12-pane hornless sash windows. At the L is an advanced wing, possibly added as a service wing (now a separate dwelling); entry via a wide door under a shallow overlight with glazing bars at the R side of the gable elevation; windows to L are 4-paned horned sashes.
Interior
The interior could not be inspected at the time of the survey.
Reason for designation
Listed as a little altered house of c1800 in the Georgian vernacular tradition, with unaltered later wing.
Nearby in the register
- Tal-y-bont bridgeTransportunder 1 mi
- Milestone at Tal-y-bont BridgeTransportunder 1 mi
- Mill HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Tal-y-bont MillIndustrialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.