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
3697
Building Number
8
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
14/12/1961
Date of Amendment
25/11/1998
Name of Property
8 Sygyn Terrace
Address
8 Sygyn Terrace
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Beddgelert
Town
Caernarfon
Locality
Beddgelert
Easting
259215
Northing
348114
Street Side
Location
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Terrace of quarryworkers' cottages built c1860 by Ormsby-Gore of Brogyntyn estate as part of a campaign of development within the village.
Exterior
Belongs to a group of 10.
Nos 1-10 Sygyn Terrace.
Long terrace of 10 cottages; each unit is set behind its own low rubble-walled and railed forecourt garden. Of rubble construction with modern slate roofs and simple end chimneys with cornice bands. Nos 1 and 2 are stepped-up from the remainder and are continuously roofed; nos 3 to 10 are also under a shared roof. Of the latter, nos 3, 4 and 5 are rendered and whitened and those, together with nos 6, 8, 9 and 10, have single-storey modern gabled porches. All doors are modern, mostly part-glazed. The windows are all modern: those to nos 1, 2, 3, 7, 9 and 10 have copies of the original 16-pane unhorned sashes; those to nos 4, 5, 6 and 8 have plain sash approximations. There are modern extensions to the rear of all the cottages.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a large, mid C19 terrace of quarrymen's cottages mostly retaining good veracular character and in a prominent riverside setting within this well-preserved village centre.
Group Description
Nos 1-10 Sygyn Terrace
Long terrace of 10 cottages; each unit is set behind its own low rubble-walled and railed forecourt garden. Of rubble construction with modern slate roofs and simple end chimneys with cornice bands. Nos 1 and 2 are stepped-up from the remainder and are continuously roofed; nos 3 to 10 are also under a shared roof. Of the latter, nos 3, 4 and 5 are rendered and whitened and those, together with nos 6, 8, 9 and 10, have single-storey modern gabled porches. All doors are modern, mostly part-glazed. The windows are all modern: those to nos 1, 2, 3, 7, 9 and 10 have copies of the original 16-pane unhorned sashes; those to nos 4, 5, 6 and 8 have plain sash approximations. There are modern extensions to the rear of all the cottages.
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