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Bodcoll

Pontarfynach, Ceredigion, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Pontarfynach, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, designated on 25 November 2005.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Bodcoll, Pontarfynach, Ceredigion, 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
Agriculture and Subsistence
Date of designation
25 November 2005
Locality
Pontarfynach
Town
Aberystwyth
Community
Pontarfynach
Unitary authority
Ceredigion
Country
Wales
Coordinates
52.37047, -3.83314
Cadw reference
85284

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1899 · 178 Llanilar (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

In a prominent position on the NE side of the valley of the Afon Mynach some 1.2km SE of Devil's Bridge.

Farmhouse, early C19, marked on 1847 Tithe map as owned by the Hafod estate.

Farmhouse, whitewashed rubble stone with slate roofs. Two storeys, three-bay house and lower two-bay
service range to right. House has rendered end stacks, small to left, larger with dripstones to right and
facade is offset to left. C20 uPVC windows in original openings with painted slate sills and stone
voussoirs, smaller windows above. C20 half-glazed door. Old photograph shows 4-pane sashes. Service
range also offset to left has two windows each floor, square above, longer below with stone voussoirs,
C20 uPVC glazing. Small right end stack, shown taller in old photograph, where ground floor left
window was a door.

Large flat-roofed C20 extension to rear.

Not inspected.

Included notwithstanding alterations as part of an upland farmstead of the Hafod Estate, with good traditional buildings.

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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