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
23749
Building Number
2
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
21/07/2000
Date of Amendment
21/07/2000
Name of Property
Tai Baladeulyn
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llanllyfni
Town
Caernarfon
Locality
Nantlle
Easting
251085
Northing
353399
Street Side
Location
Slightly set back from the street with small front gardens situated behind low wall to pavement.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Built for quarrymen and their families after the acquisition of the Pen yr Orsedd slate quarries by W A Darbishire & Co. in 1863. The company was renowned for the interest it displayed in the welfare and living conditions of its workers.
Exterior
Nos.1-5 Tai Baladeulyn (consec.).
Roughly symmetrical mid-C19 terrace of 5 cottages in loosely Picturesque style constructed of irregularly coursed rubblestone and slate-stone blocks; slate roof with 2 rendered ridge stacks. 2 storeys with attics to projecting gables to left, centre and right, left gable of single-bay width, others of 2 bays, all with decorative bargeboards and finials. 10-window front, mainly original 2-light casements with 5 horizontal glazing bars to each light, some C20 replacements; attics with small horizontal sliding sashes. Entrances, recessed to left and centre gables, flush to right gable. Nos.6-7 at the right-hand end of the terrace are heavily altered and are not included on this List.
Interior
Interior not inspected at time of Survey.
Reason for designation
Included as a good example of company-built slate workers' housing, employing a Picturesque architectural vocabulary as hall-mark of company involvement.
Group Description
Nos.1-5 Tai Baladeulyn (consec.).
Roughly symmetrical mid-C19 terrace of 5 cottages in loosely Picturesque style constructed of irregularly coursed rubblestone and slate-stone blocks; slate roof with 2 rendered ridge stacks. 2 storeys with attics to projecting gables to left, centre and right, left gable of single-bay width, others of 2 bays, all with decorative bargeboards and finials. 10-window front, mainly original 2-light casements with 5 horizontal glazing bars to each light, some C20 replacements; attics with small horizontal sliding sashes. Entrances, recessed to left and centre gables, flush to right gable. Nos.6-7 at the right-hand end of the terrace are heavily altered and are not included on this List.
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