15508

 

II  

Designated  

31/01/1995  

31/01/1995  

Former Farmhouse at Sylfaen  

 

Gwynedd  

Barmouth  

 

Llwyn Onn  

263214  

318504  

 

Situated on a hillside sloping down towards the mouth of the Afon Dwynant. Approximately 4km NE of Barmouth, approached from a mountain road which continues from Panorama road and terminates at Sylfaen where it continues only as a track. The farmhouse is  

Domestic  

 

 

Late C17 or early C18 rubble farmhouse of one-and-a-half storeys;rubble kneelered gable parapets and end chimneys with plain cappingand weather coursing; renewed slate roof. Symmetrical front withcentral recessed entrance; boarded door. Small flanking 2-light windows, 4-pane to L, unglazed to the R; wooden mullions. 3 gabled dormers above, coped and kneelered, and breaking eaves. Unglazed window openings. Single-storey early C19 gabled wing to rear forming an L with the main range; end chimney as before. Deeply-recessed boarded door to NE side with early C19 sash to the R; 8 panes above 2 (later) panes to lower section. Projecting stone lintel. Similar window to NW gable. A modern timber and corrugated iron lean-to abuts the rear of the main block.  

Stopped-chamfered beams to ground floor ceilings; enclosed C19 stair. Large inglenook to L room (former parlour) with stopped- chamfered inglebeam and later bread oven reducing its width. Lath and plaster timber-framed partition walls to upper floor; contemporary pegged collar truss roof. The rear of the hall (ground floor R) has 2 large openings knocked through (early C19), leading to a beamed service bay/storage area.  

A good vernacular farmhouse retaining much of its character and detail.