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
20959
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
25/11/1998  
Date of Amendment
25/11/1998  
Name of Property
Pen-y-Groes  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Gwynedd  
Community
Beddgelert  
Town
Porthmadog  
Locality
Pont Aberglaslyn  
Easting
259615  
Northing
346203  
Street Side
 
Location
Located on a wooded slope 0.5km E of Pont Aberglaslyn, set into the slope; accessed from the Nantmor end (E) via a part-cobbled track.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
Small C18 single-storey house, the birthplace of Richard Owen, the bard 'Glaslyn' (1831-1909).  

Exterior
Single-storey house of whitened rubble on boulder foundations, with old slate roof of heavy, graded small slates; tiled ridge, crude gable parapets and tiny loft lights. Squat end chimneys with weather-coursing and capping. Deeply-recessed entrance with old boarded door to L of centre, with small 4-pane late C19 window to the L, in original opening. To the R of the entrance is a further, lower entrance with window to the R, as before. Adjoining to the R gable end is a lower C19 lean-to with rectangular 6-pane sash to the front. A modern slate plaque records the birthplace of Richard Owen.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a small C18 house retaining good vernacular character, and as the birthplace of the bard Richard Owen ('Glaslyn').  

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