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
18/04/1997
Date of Amendment
18/04/1997
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Location
Situated at the NE end of Y Felinheli in the Aber Pwll area. On the SE side of the former A487, some 250m SW of its junction with the B4547 to Pentir. Set below road across stream with half-round hedged path giving access to the three houses.
History
Former Vaynol estate cottages built c1864 to replace those of the same name which stood on the other side of Afon Heulyn. These were demolished when the Vaynol estate wall was erected and a new road constructed alongside.
Reason for designation
Included as one of a picturesque estate cottage group, gabled in loosely C17 vernacular style. Interesting also for the garden plan reflecting the triple division.
Group Description
Nos. 1-3 Singrig.
Pink rubble stone with slate roofs and two clustered 4-shaft brick stacks on ridge. H-plan, 3 cottages in a symmetrical group based on C17 vernacular models. Centre double-fronted cottage, and one cottage in a crosswing each end with large side wall porch. One and a half storeys, renewed casement windows with slate slab heads and slate sills. Centre has two stone dormer gables with casement pairs, to ground floor triple casements and centre door in C20 gabled porch. Crosswings have triple casement each floor. Side walls have large stone gabled porches with arched entries.
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