Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Ivy Cottage
Porthmadog, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 1 April 1974
- Locality
- Tremadog
- Community
- Porthmadog
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.94076, -4.13905
- Cadw reference
- 85387
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1795 "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).
Cadw's description
Location
In a short row of terraced houses set back from the road, approximately 450m W of Tremadog centre.
History
Factory Place was built in the early C19 to house workmen and women at the adjoining woollen manufactory, which opened in 1806. The houses are shown on the 1842 Tithe map.
Exterior
A double-fronted 1½-storey house of pebble-dash walls over stone, slate roof and shared roughcast stack to the R. Windows, including raked half dormers, are replacement 4-pane horned sashes in smooth-rendered surrounds. The central entrance has a replacement half-glazed door.
A rear outshut, built against a steep bank, has a boarded door in its side wall.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as one of a row of houses associated with and contributing to the historical integrity of the Tremadog Manufactory, and for its contribution to the overall historical integrity of Tremadog.
Nearby in the register
- Y BwthynNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Ty GwynDomesticunder 1 mi
- DeseretDomesticunder 1 mi
- BronhaulDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.