Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Date of Designation
13/02/1995
Date of Amendment
13/02/1995
Name of Property
Former Farmhouse at Cae Mawr including attached Byre
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Location
Located on high ground approximately two-and-a-half Km S ofGanllwyd village; accessed via a long metalled track leading W offthe A 470 1km N of Gelli-gemlyn.
Exterior
Late C17 single-storey cottage with later (C19)adjoining byre; rubble construction with old slate roof. Squatend chimneys with weather coursing and slate capping to that at L;2 small C20 roof-lights. Off-centre entrance (to R) with stonelintel and C19 boarded door; chamfered wooden doorcase. Square flanking window, that to R with iron sheeting, that to L with simple 4-pane glazing. To far R a small rectangular unglazed light.
Stepped-down slightly to L the byre; rubble construction with corrugated iron roof. Off-centre entrance (to R) with modern stable door. Upper loading bay to L gable with modern externalwooden stepped access.
Interior
Interior: A large chamfered transverse beam is visible with a contemporary post-and-panel partition screen to the L of the entrance; fireplace with stone lintel to R gable.
Reason for designation
Listed as a good example of a small C17 vernacular domestic building.
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