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
19335
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
11/02/1998
Date of Amendment
11/02/1998
Name of Property
Letty
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Botwnnog
Town
Pwllheli
Locality
Bryncroes
Easting
222593
Northing
331465
Street Side
Location
In a walled garden with cobbled flooring on the S side of the minor road which runs S of the churchyard of St Mary, Bryncroes.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Pair of late C18 or early C19 croglofft cottages now joined internally into a single dwelling. Marked on the 1840 Bryncroes Tithe Map as owned by Thomas Jones and occupied by William Williams.
Exterior
Whitewashed stone, single-storey cottages. Roof of small slates, laid in regular courses; two end and one off-centre stone chimneystacks with shaped caps and water tabling. Window openings have whitewashed stone lintels and thin slate sills. N Front has (l to r): Vertical 8-pane fixed light ( with top 2-pane opening light); a C20 glazed door; a 15-pane fixed light; a smaller 9-pane hornless sash; then a C20 door in two halves (with applied hinges) and finally a 4-pane horned sash window. C20 single-storey lean-to at W end, with boarded door to E. Rear elevation has (l to r) C20 glass porch; a 6-pane sash; a 4-pane casement window and a C20 window to right.
Interior
W cottage has characteristic croglofft layout with front door opening directly into the kitchen, which is open to the roof. Large fireplace recess although original stone fireplace lintel now removed; painted clay flooring squares. Cutting across the room is the original wood partition, which rises the full height of the house and has an upper doorway - now reached by a modern stair rather than the traditional loft ladder - leading to an attic bedroom. At the apex of the roof the rafters are visible and are halved over one another. The interior of the E cottage has been extensively modernised, but the position of the original croglofft is still discernible. Monolithic jambs to centre fireplace; chamfered wooden lintel.
Reason for designation
Listed as a vernacular cottage pair, a rare survival in the region of traditional croglofft type, retaining some elements of the original construction and plan; also for its group value with the nearby Church of St Mary, Bryncroes.
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