Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
5229
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
27/11/1986
Date of Amendment
31/01/1995
Name of Property
Dower House at Llwyndu
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Barmouth
Town
Locality
Llanaber
Easting
260006
Northing
318535
Street Side
Location
Immediately to the W of the main house and at right-angles with it.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Late C16/early C17 dwelling; this may have served as a formof dower house, or alternatively as a steward's house.
Exterior
2-storey rubble cottage with undulating slate roof andstone-coped, kneelered gable parapets; boulder foundations. Tall endstack to S gable with weather coursing and contemporary capping.Off-centre (L) doorway to E side to which one now steps down; smallsquare light below the eaves to the R. 2 projecting stones to the Sgable support the lintel of the fireplace internally and are thuscantelevered. Lean-to addition to N gable end, probably C19;overhanging eaves to rear (W). 2 square window openings and a lean-toprivy.
Interior
3-bay, formerly storeyed; pegged collar trusses with ridge beam and purlins. Large rubble chimneybreast and broad fireplace with C19 brick-lined bread oven.
Reason for designation
Included at grade II* as a scarce, largely unaltered example of a small-scale sub-medieval dower/steward's house.
Group value with other listed items at Llwyndu.
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