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
26/05/1995
Date of Amendment
26/05/1995
Name of Property
Former House at Rhedyn Cochion (also known as Ffranc).
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Brithdir and Llanfachreth
Location
Located approximately 0.5Km NE of the Pont Newydd, N of the Afon Wnion and the A 494 Dolgellau-Bala road; accessed via a lane running roughly W from the Llyn-Pwll-y-Gele ultimately up to Blaenau locality; set in a farmyard immediately N of the present, la
Exterior
Late C17 single-storey rubble farmhouse partly built on rock and with old, undulating slate roof; large, projecting gabled end stack to the E with plain capping and weather-coursing. The S (entrance) side has a plain C19 cart entrance to the L with a boarded door to R and an unglazed window beyond. The N side has aboarded door (formerly a window) to the L and 2 blocked windows to R. Later buttressing to W gable end.
Interior
4-bay with a modern dividing wall separating off the chimney bay; pegged collar trusses, flagged floor. Fireplace with bressummer beyond wall.
Reason for designation
A C17 vernacular farmhouse with projecting end stack, a relatively scarce regional feature.
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