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
20/07/1999
Date of Amendment
20/07/1999
Name of Property
Gwydir-mawr
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Location
The house stands to the W of the village on a bend of the road to the harbour.
History
The house was probably built in the early C19 and appears on the 27 Oct 1841 Tithe Map of Llanaelhaearn (Trefor] when it was owned by Humphrey Owen and occupied by Griffith Roberts.
Exterior
Built of stone, the front whitewashed, with brick gable stacks. Slate roof with imposed copings. Two storeys, 3 bays. Off-centre framed and boarded door deeply set in the wall, and either side, small 4-paned hornless sash windows. Small lean-to at the rear. The rear garden wall is constructed with setts from the quarry above.
Interior
Not accessible at the time of inspection.
Reason for designation
Included as an early C19 small vernacular house which retains much of its original character.
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