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
84536
Building Number
31
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
24/06/2005
Date of Amendment
24/06/2005
Name of Property
Cefn-y-wern, including forecourt railings and gate
Address
31 High Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Tywyn
Town
Tywyn
Locality
Tywyn
Easting
258593
Northing
300782
Street Side
S
Location
In a terrace of 4 houses opposite Bethesda Chapel.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
Built in the second half of the C19, part of the expansion of Tywyn following the arrival of the railway in 1863. The house is shown on the 1889 Ordnance Survey.
Exterior
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special architectural interest as part of a complete and well-preserved short terrace of town houses retaining definite C19 character and detail.
Group Description
30-33 High Street
A short terrace of four 3-storey 2-bay town houses, which have scribed roughcast fronts painted in different colours, and slate roof with 2 brick stacks. The houses are built as 2 reflected pairs with the entrances in the outer sides of each pair. Nos 30 and 31 have half-glazed panel door. No 32 has a replaced door and No 33 has a panel door, of which only the upper 2 panels are moulded. In the lower storey are canted bay windows, mainly with 4-pane sashes, but with 2-pane sashes to Nos 32 and 33. In No 33 the bay window is 2-storey. Other windows are segmental-headed 4-pane horned sashes, shorter in the upper storey.
Forecourts have dwarf walls, which to Nos 30-31 is roughcast and painted, and to Nos 32-33 rubble stone with slate coping, and railings with spear finials and original iron gates.
The rear elevation is roughcast, with 4-pane sashes and some replacement windows. Original short 2-storey wings are retained to Nos 30 and 31. Nos 32 and 33 have extended rear wings.
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