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
5050
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/06/1990
Date of Amendment
19/06/1990
Name of Property
Mervinian House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Dolgellau
Town
Locality
Easting
272859
Northing
317713
Street Side
E
Location
Situated alongside the narrow walkway, Wtra Plas Coch, linking Meyrick Street to Smithfield Square.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Early Cl9.
Exterior
3 storey 3 window house with industrial wing to rear. Coursed rubble masonry. Moderately pitched slate roof, oversailing eaves, modern bargeboards. Stone stack to right end, removed to left.
Modern 2 pane casement windows set under eaves to 2nd floor. Victorian sashes to lst floor, stone lintels. Modern small paned bow windows to ground floor, rubble stallrisers. Open porch to centre, corniced top, carried on Tuscan columns and pilasters, (porch formerly carried a balustrade on top). Modern door.
3 storey industrial wing at rear. Rubble masonry, gently pitched quarry slate roof. Modern windows set under eaves, but windows originally much deeper to top storey. Last used as printing room for "Y Dydd" newspaper but probably a weaving loft originally.
Interior
Reason for designation
Group value.
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