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
84348
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
13/04/2005  
Date of Amendment
13/04/2005  
Name of Property
Former Post Office (Known as Ty Cennin)  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Gwynedd  
Community
Dyffryn Ardudwy  
Town
 
Locality
Dyffryn Ardudwy  
Easting
258708  
Northing
323219  
Street Side
E  
Location
Sited at the E side of Y Brif Heol (A496) towards the N end of the village of Dyffryn Ardudwy, at the S corner of the junction with Ffordd Capel.  

Description


Broad Class
Commercial  
Period
 

History
Probably early C19 house and former Post Office, marked as an L-shaped plan on the tithe map of the parish, 1841; owned and occupied by Thomas Richard. The shop front appears to have been remodelled in later C19.  

Exterior
Early C19 house and former Post Office built to an L-shaped plan and with the rear wing built up a slight incline. Built of coursed rubble masonry and faced with dressed, coursed stonework. Slate close-eaved roof with broad, rectangular stone stacks with dripstones and capping. The prinicipal range and shop front faces the road to W, a 3-storey 3-window range with 1st and 2nd floor horned sash windows with slate sills; first floor windows have 16-panes and 2nd floor windows unequal sashes of 12-panes. The shop has a central, half glazed doorway with flanking canted bay windows of 2-pane horned sash windows with glazing bars. The L (N) gable return and rear wing have ground and first floor small-paned, horned, sash windows; those to far end of the rear wing smaller and set at a higher level.  

Interior
The interior was not inspected at the time of the survey.  

Reason for designation
Listed as having good architectural character as an early C19 house, with later ground floor detail emphasing the shop front.  

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