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.
Summary Description
Reference Number
16851
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
01/02/1996
Date of Amendment
01/02/1996
Name of Property
Former Vicarage
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Ffestiniog
Town
Locality
Blaenau Ffestiniog
Easting
269850
Northing
345993
Street Side
N
Location
On the street line opposite St. David's Church and stepped-up from and adjoining Craigbach 3; set behind contemporary spearheaded railings.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
c1845 vicarage, built to serve St. David's Church; extended to R by 2 bays in the later C19.
Exterior
2 storey house of snecked rubble under a slate roof with slightly oversailing eaves. The primary block is symmetrical and is of 3 bays. Central entrance with contemporary 6-panel door (upper 4 with modern glazing) and a 4-pane rectangular fanlight. Single-storey stone porch in front with plain chamfered opening and decorative iron gates. Slate-coped parapet and string-course; panelled ceiling and flat roof. Recessed 16-pane un-horned sash windows with returned slate labels. The 2-bay added section is flush and has 12-pane recessed and horned sashes with slate cills. End chimneys with weather-coursing and cornices to the primary block with a further, brick chimney, to the (extended) R gable end. Further windows as before to R gable with a recessed modern door to R. Slate-hung rear set against a steep spoil slope; further 12-pane windows and a modern part-glazed entrance.
Interior
The interior was not inspected at the time of survey (June 1995), though panelled doors and shutters are known to survive.
Reason for designation
A mid-C19 vicarage retaining much character in a prominent location on the main street.
Group value with Craigbach 3 adjoining.
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