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
23320
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
25/05/2000
Date of Amendment
25/05/2000
Name of Property
Cwmffernol
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Pennal
Town
Machynlleth
Locality
Pennal
Easting
267148
Northing
300614
Street Side
Location
The farmstead is located in a narrow steep valley of the Nant Cwm-fernol running N from the Pennal-Cwm Maethlon road to Tywyn.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
An uphill sited farmhouse probably of C17 origin, remodelled in the later C18 or early C19. It was occupied by Thomas Pugh in 1906.
Exterior
Built of rubble stone, and rendered and whitewashed, except for the rear wing. Old slate roofs. Two storeys, 3 window bays. C20 boarded door offset slightly to the left of centre, and 9-pane single sash window above and to both floors to the left. Windows replaced with paned uPVC in original openings to the right of the entrance. Gable stacks, that to the right probably a later addition. At the W, uphill, gable end, a short single-storey farm building in line, with a boarded door. The wide-gabled rear wing is of a single bay with ground floor and attic. uPVC windows and door with fixed glazing. Gable end stack.
Interior
Not accessible at the time of inspection.
Reason for designation
Included, despite alterations to the windows, as a good vernacular farmhouse of traditional form, set in a picturesque setting.
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