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
23208
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
10/04/2000
Date of Amendment
10/04/2000
Name of Property
Ty-coch
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llanfihangel-y-Pennant
Town
Tywyn
Locality
Abertrinant
Easting
264143
Northing
306638
Street Side
Location
The house stands back from the minor road from Llanfihangel to Bryncrug, under the W facing shoulder of Craig-yr-Aderyn.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Built probably in the late C18 or early C19 as a small encroachment dwelling.
Exterior
Built of local uncoursed rubble, with an irregular old slate roof. Tall gable stack, extended upwards. Approximately central entrance with a boarded door, and to each side, rectangular 4-pane timber windows. One similar window in the NW gable end, and the remains of a pig-sty and small store attached to the SE end.
Interior
Two bays, the door entering the upper heated bay. which is open under the roof. Plastered partition to the inner room, which is axially divided by a further partition.
Reason for designation
Included as a rare and largely unaltered small-scale and simple traditional dwelling, a type often associated with encroachment or settlement on waste, and here forming the nucleus of a small farmstead group.
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