Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
19644
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
01/04/1998
Date of Amendment
01/04/1998
Name of Property
Poultry House at Rhandir
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llanengan
Town
Pwllheli
Locality
Mynytho
Easting
230498
Northing
329733
Street Side
Location
Situated on E side of farmyard above Rhandir, which is about 1 km S of Capel Carmel, Mynytho.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
Unusual C19 small outbuilding that appears to combine dove and poultry nesting boxes with a small yard to S that had low lean-to row of slate-roofed arched shelters possibly for geese, now derelict. The farm was part of the Vaynol estate in the C19.
Exterior
Poultry house, rubble stone with rough slate roof and stone centre stack on which is diagonally set brick shaft with 5 tiers of dove-holes spirally arranged and slate shelves. Small scale, single storey, two rooms within. E side has 2 small brick-arched windows, door each end wall, low to N, higher to S.
Interior
Two rooms inside, S room has tiers of poultry nesting boxes on walls and in NW angle. N room appears to have been a pig-sty.
Reason for designation
An unusual outbuilding picturesque in inspiration.
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