Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
18333
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
18/04/1997
Date of Amendment
18/04/1997
Name of Property
Ffinfa
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Y Felinheli
Town
Locality
Y Felinheli
Easting
252744
Northing
367792
Street Side
SE
Location
Situated on the SE side of main road, Stryd Bangor, NE of the War Memorial and between No 1 Bodarborth and Cae Gwyn. Set behind contemporary stone wall with panelled timber gate.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Vaynol estate house of c1870, a pair with Cae Gwyn to West. E end addition of c1890-1900.
Exterior
Pink squared rubble stone with slate roofs and brick end stacks. L-plan, two-storey, with picturesque estate cottage detail, similar to, but subtly varied from that on Cae Gwyn next door. Front has large gable to right with arch-bracing and king-post to bargeboards. Pair of first floor plate-glass long sashes, with stone voussoirs. Ground floor big hipped-roofed canted bay with pilasters between narrow side lights and broad 4-pane front light. Fretted brackets to cornice. To left ground floor has casement pair to left of panelled door with overlight, window and door close-spaced. Above, breaking eaves is timber overhanging oriel on two shaped brackets, with triple casement and hipped roof. W side wall is slate hung with chimney gable to left and short rear wing to right. E side has big bay-fronted 2-storey projecting addition with canted hipped slate roof. Bay is canted with pilasters between sash windows, cornices over each floor, upper cornice under eaves.
Interior
Reason for designation
A good later C19 estate house to an attractive asymmetrical design, one of a non-matching pair with Cae Gwyn. Of group value with Cae Gwyn and Nos 1 & 2 Bodarborth.
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