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
22714
Building Number
3
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
06/12/1999
Date of Amendment
06/12/1999
Name of Property
Cymerau Cottages
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Corris
Town
Machynlleth
Locality
Aberllefenni
Easting
277522
Northing
310657
Street Side
Location
The row of four cottages is set back from the track at the S end of the road running up Cwm Ratgoed, and backs on to Cymerau Quarry.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Cymerau was a farm of "5.16.0 acres" (c2.35ha), owned by Hugh Jones in 1838. Following upon a lease of 1853, Cymerau Quarries were opened by H N Hughes, and later operated as Hughes and Nephew, cottages being built for quarry workers in the mid-late C19. The quarry ceased trading after 1933.
Exterior
A modern glazed uPVC door replaces the original.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as one of a row of slate quarrymen's cottages, one of the few remaining rows of such cottages erected at the height of the prosperity of quarrying, probably in the 1860-70's, and as such, an interesting survival of a major industry in the Corris area.
Group Description
Nos 1-4 Cymerau Cottages, Aberllefenni
Built of local rubble and slate stonework, with a continuous slate roof. Two storeys, each cottage consists of 1 bay, with a lateral 4-panelled door and one 12-pane sash window to each floor. Transverse stone stacks on party walls, with drip courses.
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