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
4813
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/11/1966
Date of Amendment
14/05/1998
Name of Property
Ty Maen
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llanfrothen
Town
Porthmadog
Locality
Garreg
Easting
261389
Northing
342033
Street Side
W
Location
Prominently situated at the junction between the A 4085 and the road leading NE to Plas Brondanw and Croesor beyond; opposite the New Lodge.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Single-storey vernacular cottage, probably of late C18 origin; minor alterations by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, architect, owner of the estate from 1908 until his death in 1978.
Exterior
Single-storey vernacular cottage of whitened rubble with old slated roof and tiled ridge; squat square stack with weathercoursing and raised flaunching. Off-centre entrance (R) with boarded door, the upper section with small pane glazing. Flanking late C19 8-pane sliding sash windows in primary openings. To the far L a further, similar window, formerly an entrance. Modern wing at rear with distinctive tall, round stack; this with louvred top.
Interior
This was not inspected at the time of survey.
Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as a late C18 cottage altered by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, architect, and for its group value with the New Lodge.
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