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
5219
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
20/11/1989  
Date of Amendment
01/02/1995  
Name of Property
Efallon (also known as Lodge Fach)  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Gwynedd  
Community
Arthog  
Town
 
Locality
Arthog  
Easting
264427  
Northing
314570  
Street Side
 
Location
Located at the side of the road, just SW of the entrance to the drive to Arthog Hall.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
Dated 1835 and formerly known as The Old Lodge; built to serve as a lodge for Arthog Hall, built 1833.  

Exterior
Single storey rubble structure with steep slate roof and high gable parapets with broad kneelers and weather coursing. Off-centre rubble chimneystack with cornice. 3-bay front (facingroad); half-glazed doorway below stack flanked by tall, narrow windows with unusual triangular heads and monolithic stone jambs reminiscent of Anglo-Saxon design. Rubble terrace to front. The tall, narrow openings are repeated at the gables on the end walls, though here they are blind. 6-pane casement window to the R gable with a curious label, inversely returned. Date plaque to L gable over a wide depressed arched opening with keystone and imposts, now infilled and with recessed Tudor arch over 12-pane sash-window; slate cill. Modern extension to rear and to SW not included.  

Interior
Open roof with tie beams and through purlins; lightly chamfered beams and low boarded doors.  

Reason for designation
Listed as an unusual primitive, rustic lodge in a prominent road-side location and with historic associations with Arthog Hall.  

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