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
4086
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
02/08/1988
Date of Amendment
02/08/1988
Name of Property
Tan-y Bryn Lodge
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Bangor
Town
Locality
Easting
259110
Northing
372423
Street Side
Location
Set into the hillside at the base of the drive to Tan-y-Bryn house; at a splayed angle to the main road.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Dated 1830 to gable and initialled J H C. However, masonry breaks indicate that it probably began as a single storey lodge shortly after the c1810 Tan-y-Bryn House built by Rev James Henry Cotton; the 1st floor was then added in 1830 and the building later extended to rear.
Exterior
2-storey structure with snecked rubble 1st floor and random rubble ground floor and rear. Slate roof, plain bargeboards and overhanging eaves to sides; octagonal rubble chimney stacks including cross roofed lateral chimney breast to N side. Casement windows. The main E elevation is a gable end facing the road; 3-light window with voussoirs and Tudor label over a splayed oriel window with slate hood and wooden shutters. Below the cill is a band with Gothic lettering reading "Latrat Canis, Cavear Latro. Lle bo ci, lleidr a ffu" and the bracketed base has the carved figure of Cerberus, the 3-headed guard dog of the Under-world. This is a particularly unusual feature and was intended to warn off the thieves who were stealing the shrubs from the driveway. The left hand side has a central cross gable just above the eaves and some modern alterations; gabled porch near the front corner.
Interior
Reason for designation
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