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
4279
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/10/1971
Date of Amendment
30/03/1999
Name of Property
Plas Holland
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Dolbenmaen
Town
Dolbenmaen
Locality
Dolbenmaen
Easting
250649
Northing
343164
Street Side
N
Location
The building, formerly the rectory, lies in its own grounds immediately to the W of the parish church.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
The front part of the house was built in 1786 as an enlargement of a small earlier rectory, part of which was relegated to being the back wing. It is now a private dwelling house, and recently named after the builder, the Revd Jeffrey Holland, incumbent 1782-1833, 4th son of the high sheriff of the county, who volunteered for naval service and was present at the battle of the Glorious First of June (1794). He was perhaps the most eminent of the rectors, and unusually amongst men of the gentry at the time, spoke fluent Welsh.
Exterior
A large house built of stone and painted white. Slate roof. Two storeys, 3 bays, with central through circulation and reception rooms either side. Four-panelled front door. Sixteen-paned sash windows either side, and on the first floor. At the side, two small Gothick windows to the parlour. Rear single storey and attic wing, probably remaining from the earlier house, with two gabled dormers to the E side, and C20 extensions to the W. On the W wall, a tablet inscribed with an englyn giving the date 1786, referring to 'my cell and costly castle' and signed by Jeffrey Holland (Not seen at the time of inspection).
Interior
Not accessible at the time of inspection.
Reason for designation
Included as a good example of a house displaying the gentry status of the parish parson here in the early C19, and of group value with the church.
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