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
3770
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/05/1968
Date of Amendment
28/05/1999
Name of Property
Ffynnon Beris
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llanberis
Town
Locality
Nant Peris
Easting
260848
Northing
358363
Street Side
NE
Location
Located in the garden of Tyn-y-Ffynnon on the east side of a farm track running northwards from the A 4086 at Nant Peris.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Of uncertain date the well, also known as Fynnon y Sant, is dedicated to St Beris, of whom very little is known other than that his Festival was celebrated on 11 December. The existing structure probably dates from the C17, the wall enclosing it being added only in the C18 when it is recorded by Thomas Pennant, who also refers to the fish kept in the well.
Exterior
Slate steps or seats on 4 sides of a rectangular well basin; revetment wall with 3 recesses on east side; entrance opening on west.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a well-preserved holy well with a long and well-documented history as a sacred site.
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