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
21619
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
20/04/1999
Date of Amendment
20/04/1999
Name of Property
Hen Efail
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Dolgellau
Town
Dolgellau
Locality
Ffordd Pencefn
Easting
272220
Northing
318764
Street Side
Location
About 1km NW of centre of Dolgellau, on golf course, of which Hen Efail is now the club house.
Description
Broad Class
Recreational
Period
History
The building is an estate cottage of the Hengwrt Estate, and probably reached its present form in around 1830, although heavy foundations suggest a possible earlier origin.
Exterior
One-and-a-half storey cottage; two window front. Local stone, with heavy foundations, old slate roof. Tall octagonal end chimneys. Two stone gabled dormers. Central doorway with window to each side. Glazing modern casements, except for window to L of doorway, which has older wooden mullion and transom window. To R, lean-to said to have been old smithy. To rear, central doorway (former window).
Interior
Reason for designation
A former estate cottage of the Hengwrt Estate, with striking "candlestick" chimneys.
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