Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
20960
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
25/11/1998
Date of Amendment
25/11/1998
Name of Property
Former Domestic Range at Sygun Copper Mine
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Beddgelert
Town
Porthmadog
Locality
Sygun Copper Mine
Easting
260555
Northing
348835
Street Side
Location
Located 200m S of the A 498 S of Dinas Emrys and some 1.5km E of Beddgelert village; set against a hillslope and accessed via the carpark for the Sygun Copper Mine.
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
Former dormitory range for copper workers, probably second-quarter or mid C19 and incorporating an office at one end and possibly a kitchen at the other. The mine at Sygun may have had pre-historic origins, is thought to have been exploited in the C16 but was certainly at work by 1836.
Exterior
Single-storey domestic range of rubble construction under a slate roof with tiled ridge; the roof is in poor condition to the rear pitch. Squat end chimneys with weather-coursing and capping. The central, dormitory section has a recessed boarded door, off-centre to the R; to the L are 2 windows and to the R a further window, all unglazed and part-boarded. To the R is a further door with window beyond (kitchen?) and to the L a similar arrangement with door and outer window (office?).
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed, notwithstanding condition, for its special interest as a scarce surviving example of a former copper worker's terrace.
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