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
23709
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
21/07/2000  
Date of Amendment
21/07/2000  
Name of Property
Brynarvon  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Gwynedd  
Community
Llanllyfni  
Town
Caernarfon  
Locality
Talysarn  
Easting
248874  
Northing
353366  
Street Side
NW  
Location
Situated on track (Weirglodd-newydd) immediately above Talysarn.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
Shown on the 1840 Tithe Map, this pair of early C19 cottages was probably built as quarryworkers' cottages for one of the several slate quarries opening in the area at this time.  

Exterior
 

Interior
Has matchboarded ceiling with lower parts of 2 A-frame trusses visible beneath and a short screen immediately to right of entrance in right room; C19 plank door leads to left room.  

Reason for designation
Included as one of a pair of purpose-built and well-preserved quarryworkers' cottages, built in the local vernacular tradition and forming a distinctive component in this important upland encroachment landscape.  

Group Description
Brynarvon and Weirglodd-newydd Long rectangular plan, aligned roughly south-west to north-east, consisting of two 2-room cottages with single-bay addition to right cottage (Weirglodd Newydd). Roughly coursed rubblestone, painted to left cottage (Brynarvon) which also has rendered gable end; slate roof with coped verges to original right gable end. Long left cottage has C19 casement on either side of C20 door to right of centre; ridge stack to right, which is shared with right cottage. This has identical door and window pattern with plank door and small-paned sashes; ridge stack (formerly an integral end stack) to right. Addition to right is set back and has slender integral end stack to right, the only stack not to have slate drips. Drystone walled garden enclosures to front.  

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