Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Ty Gwyn
Llanddyfnan, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llangwyllog, Llanddyfnan, Isle of Anglesey, designated on 8 February 2006.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 8 February 2006
- Locality
- Llangwyllog
- Community
- Llanddyfnan
- Unitary authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.28194, -4.36943
- Cadw reference
- 87470
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 1883 map "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 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 · 93 Holyhead (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 41. Anglesey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Set at the SE side of a country road leading W out of the village of Llangwyllog
History
Probably C18 roadside cottage. Ty Gwyn was first recorded in the census returns for the parish 1841, as occupied by Owen Jones, agricultural labourer, and his wife. They continued to occupy the cottage throughout the mid C19, recorded in the 1851 census returns and also the Tithe Apportionment of 1847, where it is listed as a smallholding of just over an acre, owned by William Lloyd Esq.
Exterior
Single storey cottage with lower outbuildings to L. Built of rubble masonry, limewash to dwelling outbuilding. Exposed slate roof, grouted with tiled ridge; outbuilding has roof of small slates and rough stone coping. Gable stacks, that to R a massive squat stack, with capping. The cottage has a boarded door flanked by 16-pane hornless sash windows; openings slightly offset to L. The outbuilding has a boarded door offset to L.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Listed as a well preserved roadside cottage which retains a strong vernacular character and original features, such as fenestration.
Nearby in the register
- Church of St CwyllogReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Melin FrogwyIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Bryn HyfrydDomestic1 mi
- Church of St TwrogReligious, Ritual and Funerary1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.