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
22905
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
07/03/2000
Date of Amendment
07/03/2000
Name of Property
Tyn-y-buarth
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Aber
Town
Llanfairfechan
Locality
Abergwyngregyn
Easting
265645
Northing
372581
Street Side
Location
Situated on south side of the road running through the village towards Bont Newydd and Aber Falls; low rubblestone wall to front gardens, partly removed to Fron for vehicular access.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Built c1860 as part of the planned development of Abergwyngregyn as an estate village, an important element in Edward Douglas-Pennant's considerable efforts to improve the estate at this time. The 'Picturesque' quality of these cottages and other buildings in the village was also an important element in making it an attractive place for the increasing numbers of well-to-do visitors to travel through on their way to Aber Falls, which was rapidly becoming a major destination for tourists at this period. The majority of the village was sold by the estate in 1925.
Exterior
Tyn-y-buarth has boarded door under original lean-to hood. Modern flat-roofed extension to rear.
Interior
Interior not inspected at time of Survey.
Reason for designation
Included as an essentially unaltered pair of mid-C19 estate cottages of the simple 'vernacular revival' style particularly favoured by the Penrhyn Estate for its workers, both in the slate quarries and elsewhere. The style was particularly appropriate at Abergwyngregyn given the desire to make it an attractive halt on the route to and from Aber Falls, which was rapidly becoming a major destination for visitors at this period.
Group Description
Tyn-y-buarth & Fron, Abergwyngregyn.
Symmetrically composed pair of single-storey estate cottages in simple 'vernacular revival' style with gabled wing projecting to centre of long range. Roughly coursed rubblestone with buttered pointing to sides and rear; snecked rubblestone with large slate-stone lintels to front; slate roof with overhanging verges and carved purlin ends to long range and ornamental arch-braced collar truss to centre gable. Symmetrical front of 1:2:1 bays, gable with 2-light windows, long range with 3-light windows; entrances to long range in angle with centre gable. Prominent brownish brick integral end stacks with paired diagonal shafts to long range and clustered diagonal shafts to ridge of gabled wing, all with chamfered stone bases and stepped capping.
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