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
5131
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
23/11/1987  
Date of Amendment
19/06/1990  
Name of Property
Barn Ranges at Dolrhyd  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Gwynedd  
Community
Dolgellau  
Town
 
Locality
 
Easting
271701  
Northing
318500  
Street Side
 
Location
To NW of Dolgellau; reached by a short drive. Dolrhyd House below to SW.  

Description


Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence  
Period
 

History
 

Exterior
L-plan group. The barn is late Cl7/early Cl8; the lower stable range is dated l763 and initialled W V Esq - built by William Vaughan. Both were restored in l980. Rubble walls, slate roof - old small slates to barn; chimney stack to left gable end of stables. The barn has gable end parapets with quarter round moulded kneelers; dove boxes to right gable end above string course. Slit ventilators, (blocked) all round. Tudor label over cambered arch former cart entrance with voussoirs, now with modern glazed infill; corresponding cart entrance to rear. Boarded door at right end. The symmetrical 2-storey, 8-window stable range has central pediment containing a small pane circular window. Small lst floor windows; casement windows and half glazed doors to left with right flanking central twin former coach entrances with cambered voussoir heads and modern glazed infill.  

Interior
Modernised interiors. The barn retains 7-bay roof with pegged A-frame trusses, curved struts and purlins.  

Reason for designation
Included for group value with Dolrhyd House and Gazebo or Music Room.  

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