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.
Date of Designation
28/07/1989
Date of Amendment
28/07/1989
Name of Property
Cae Gwynion Uchaf Farmhouse
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Location
At the northern edge of the Community Council area reached up a long lane to N of the cemetery; farmyard building to NE.
History
Shown on 1889 OS map - probably ca 1875-85.
Exterior
Symmetrical 2-storey and attic 3-window painted render front; the outer bays have broad gables retaining decorative bargeboards, pendants and finials. Slate roof with cement rendered end chimney stack. 4-pane sash windows with Tudor labels to attic and deep bracketed labels to 1st floor; splayed bay windows to ground floor flanking central entrance with half glazed door with coloured glass detail also to side and over lights. Overall veranda to ground floor with cast iron columns.
Rubble gable ends and rear with quoins and sash glazing; central cross range. Pitched roof coach house range with finials to gabled end over cambered arch opening with voussoirs and double doors.
Rubble wall to left continues to freestone pier and segmental arched doorway at the corner by the horse engine house. To right the wall forms quadrant wings either side of the cambered arch - recently rebuilt.
Interior
Internally the house is largely unaltered with panelled doors and iron ceiling roses to the front rooms.
Reason for designation
Included for its important group value with the other listed farm buildings and as an especially well preserved example of this period.
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