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.
Date of Designation
31/01/2001
Date of Amendment
31/01/2001
Name of Property
Pig Sty and Store Block at Ty'n-y-Ddol
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Location
Located immediately S of the house.
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
History
Pig sty and store block built c1815 by John Davies, Calvinistic Methodistic leader, as part of a home farm complex to serve his nearby house of Fronheulog.
Exterior
L-shaped pigsty and store, with incorporated Ty Bach to the N; single storey. Of rubble construction with slated roof. The building consists of a central rectangular block with catslide projections to the R on each of the N and S sides, that to the N forming the Ty Bach and that to the S the pig sty. The latter has enclosing rubble pen walls to the front with 2 pens and plain entrances; incorporated feeding shoot to the L pen. The Ty Bach has a boarded entrance to the E; further entrance to the W gable end, with modern boarded door and boarded infill to the L; exposed timber lintel.
Reason for designation
Listed as an early C19 pig sty and store retaining good original character as part of this interesting group.
Group value with other listed items at Ty'n-y-Ddol.
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