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
22746
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
06/12/1999
Date of Amendment
06/12/1999
Name of Property
Plas Ty'n-y-berth
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Corris
Town
Machynlleth
Locality
Corris Uchaf
Easting
273970
Northing
309087
Street Side
E
Location
The house lies in its own grounds, approached by a curving driveway off the main A487 to Dolgellau.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Built probably c1835-40 as a gentry house, the owner/occupier in 1838 being David Thomas, with 1.7 acres (0.7ha) of land.
Exterior
Built of rubble, rendered and whitewashed to the front, with raised quoins and plinth. Hipped slate roof with symmetrical chimney stacks, each carrying two diagonally set shafts. Early Victorian Classical style. Two storeys, 3 window bays, with a central 4-panelled door and margin-glazed overlight under a canopy supported on plain iron columns, at the head of 4 slate steps. 12-paned sash windows set in moulded architraves, and bracketed sills.
Interior
Not accessible at times of inspection.
Reason for designation
Included as a well preserved earlier C19 house of gentry status, perhaps for a quarry owner, retaining its original details.
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