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
19429
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
02/03/1998
Date of Amendment
02/03/1998
Name of Property
Lower Lodge at Cefnamwlch
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Tudweiliog
Town
Pwllheli
Locality
Cefnamwlch
Easting
223833
Northing
336373
Street Side
Location
At the NE end of the 1.2 km long main approach drive of Cefnamwlch off a minor road from Tudweiliog.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Entrance lodge to Cefn Amwlch of c1870-5, architect unknown, but possibly J Hungerford Pollen, who made additions to the house in 1877. The design is remarkably refined into simple solid geometry, characteristic of High Victorian Gothic architecture.
Exterior
Gate lodge, granite rubble stone with steep gabled roof and stone ridge stack off-centre. One storey and loft, N front has two 3-light casement windows with chamfered and stopped surrounds, under segmental-pointed stone-voussoir heads. Battered plinth and band of grey stone. E end wall is windowless except for vent loop in gable. Lean-to timber porch on ground floor right, the N wall stone continuous with main N wall, door on S side with shouldered head. S side is outshut to left and centre, similar windows in outshut end wall and house wall right.
Interior
Reason for designation
A simple and well-designed Victorian gate lodge, part of the remarkably intact series of estate buildings at Cefnamwlch.
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