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
22891
Building Number
2  
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
18/07/1990  
Date of Amendment
03/03/2000  
Name of Property
Dovey Cottage, Pen-y-bont Cottages  
Address
2 A493  

Location


Unitary Authority
Gwynedd  
Community
Corris  
Town
Machynlleth  
Locality
Pantperthog  
Easting
274392  
Northing
301954  
Street Side
N  
Location
On the N bridgehead of the Pont-ar-Ddyfi facing S across the river towards Machynlleth.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
The cottages were probably built at various periods from the early-mid C19, with later alterations.  

Exterior
Single bay, with a modern studded stable-type door on the right, and timber windows with applied diamond lattice leads. Door and window openings on the ground floor have small raised key stones; the first floor window is raised through the eaves and gabled.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Included as a good group of traditional cottages in vernacular style of the early C19, in an important and conspicuous location by the bridgehead.  

Group Description
Nos 1 - 6 Pen-y-bont Cottages, Corris Community. A row of six 2-storey cottages of varying form and width, slightly angled at the centre, the E pair, Nos 5 and 6, slightly stepped up following a rise in the land. Built of stone and pebbledashed, with painted margins to many window and door openings, and a painted plinth. Generally boarded doors and casement or sash windows. Slate roofs with red tile ridges, and stone and blue-brick stacks. Low forecourt walls.  

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