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
4208
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
26/08/1992
Date of Amendment
22/09/1997
Name of Property
Pen-lan Cottage
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Pentir
Town
Bangor
Locality
Vaynol Park
Easting
253460
Northing
369855
Street Side
NW
Location
The cottage lies directly N of Vaynol Farm, and is reached by a track off the drive that runs to the National Trust car park. It faces E on the edge of Pen-lan Covert.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
Contemporary with the mid to late C19 estate improvements, and is included on the estate papers of 1871.
Exterior
Of rubble and timber, with a steep fish-scale slate roof. Single storey, symmetrical front with two large projecting end gables and three minor gables over the centre lean-to glass-fronted verandah. Most gable finials are lost. Tudor label mouldings over the 3-light gable windows. Five pane windows to the centre. On the rear slope, two diagonally set rendered chimney stacks.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for its distinctive design as a mid to late C19 estate cottage, and for its group value with other listed items in Vaynol Park.
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