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
22343
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
15/09/1999
Date of Amendment
15/09/1999
Name of Property
Brynaerau uchaf
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Clynnog
Town
Caernarfon
Locality
Pontllyfni
Easting
243656
Northing
352029
Street Side
Location
The farm lies SE of the hamlet of Pontllyfni, on a minor road leading to the SW.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
The building is probably of the C16 or early C17.
Exterior
Built of stone rubble on boulder foundations, and painted white. Renewed slate roof replacing thatch. Cement copings and gable stacks. One storey and attic. A central open gabled porch with round external arch, and a boarded door with 2 small glazed lights. Two and 3-light stained wood windows, set deeply in the walls each side of the doorway, and two small attic windows breaking the eaves line, with cat-slide roofs. Gable stacks with an added brick flue at the E end, and a small square window in the W gable end. Doors at the rear and added lean-to under an extension of the roof.
Interior
Not accessible at the time of inspection.
Reason for designation
Included, notwithstanding loss of detail, as a good example of a substantial lowland sub-medieval farmhouse retaining vernacular character.
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