15600

 

II  

Designated  

01/02/1995  

01/02/1995  

Secondary House at Garth Isaf  

 

Gwynedd  

Arthog  

 

Garth Isaf  

265359  

315984  

 

Located to the rear (SW) of the main house at Garth Isaf and built against the slope of the ground to the NE; facing the Mawddach estuary.  

Domestic  

 

 

A late C17 2-storey house, perhaps a former dower house, altered C19. Rubble construction with old slate roof; end chimney to NW gable with weather coursing and good moulded capping. SW (main) face behind low coped rubble wall; off-centre entrance (to L) with boarded door. To L a modern 6-pane window and to R a small 4-pane casement. Further door to far R as before with small 2-pane window to L. Under the eaves, 4 small, equally-spaced 4-pane casement windows with projecting slate cills. Stone steps up to entrance at L to rear with boarded door; small dwarf-rubble-walled enclosure in front and to the R at ground level a boarded, shuttered window. Blocked window opening to R with projecting slate lintel. Adjoining to the L gable end a small, single-storey addition with rubble gable parapet and old slate roof; weather coursing at junction with main block. Boarded door to rear and modern window to NW.  

Part-cobbled floor; large, blocked fireplace to L gable end; some run-off chamfered ceiling beams.  

Group value with the associated listed items at Garth Isaf