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.
Date of Designation
18/06/1999
Date of Amendment
18/06/1999
Name of Property
Haybarn at Hafod y Llan
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Location
Situated at the foot of Cwm y Llan (between Llyn Dinas and Llyn Gwynant). The haybarn is set immediately outside the main farmyard, behind the cowhouses.
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
History
The farmstead at Hafod y Llan has early origins (part of the grange of Aberconwy in the C16); the present farmhouse is a C18 building, and its farmbuildings represent a C19 building phase marking a significant investment in agricultural improvement in this area in the mid C19.
Exterior
4-bay haybarn of characteristic Snowdonia type. Rubble piers support slate roof on A-frame trusses.
Reason for designation
Listed as a characteristic Snowdonia haybarn which forms part of a complete farmstead group at Hafod y Llan. The farmstead is a good example of an improvement period C19 farmstead, a rare surviving example of its type, which is illustrative of investment in agriculture on small estates characteristic of this region in the period.
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