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
4821
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/11/1966
Date of Amendment
25/02/2005
Name of Property
Neuadd Llewelyn
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Maentwrog
Town
Locality
Maentwrog
Easting
266466
Northing
340532
Street Side
W
Location
Set along the W side of Bull Street (A496) at the N end of the village of Maentwrog; at the end of the row of houses in alignment with The Grapes Hotel, to S of Glan Dwyryd.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Early C19 house, contemporary with the former Co-operative shop dated 1834 and one of a series of a terrace of houses built on a plot of land named as Glan William in the tithe apportionment of the parish, 1840; owned by Maria Shaw and occupied by William Jones Esq.
William Gruffyd Oakeley (1790-1835) was only 21 when he inherited the Plas Tan-y-bwlch estate and set about an ambitious programme of improving the estate. This entailed new building in the village of Maentwrog and rebuilding or improving the existing buildings. In order to do so he opened a quarry near Gelli Grin from which was quarried the large lengths of brown stone present in so many of the village buildings.
Offered up for sale in the auction of the Plas Tan-y-bwlch estate, 1910, in Lot 12 'The Picturesque Rural Village of Maentwrog'. The property was described as Neuadd LLewelyn - Shop, house and premises, occupied by Mrs Alice Kyffin, for an annual rent of £16-0s-0d (£16.00).
Exterior
Two storey house in the georgian style characteristic of the estate at this period. built of coursed stone masonry including massive stone lintel across the ground floor openings. Slate roof with overhanging eaves and verges; large rectangular end stacks with dripstones and capping. The house appears to have originally been a pair of 2 window houses with the doorways offset to R (N); the doorway to L has been partially blocked and houses a window in the upper part. The doorway at R end has a panelled door under a shallow overlight with diamond glazing bars, the windows are 12-pane horned sashes and the first floor windows are offset to L of the original doorways and set under the eaves. Basement storey at rear, retaining small paned casement windows.
Interior
The interior was not inspected at the time of the survey (June/July 2003).
Reason for designation
Listed as an early C19 house retaining Georgian character that forms an integral component of a well-preserved terrace at the centre of the estate village of Maentwrog.
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