Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
19784
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
14/05/1998
Date of Amendment
27/08/1999
Name of Property
Cae'r-maen
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llanrug
Town
Locality
Ceunant
Easting
253185
Northing
362060
Street Side
Location
Between Llanrug and Ceunant; on north-west side of track off lane which leads to Pant Afon.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Late C18 or early C19 pair of smallholders' or quarrymens' cottages. Shown on the 1839 Tithe Map.
Exterior
Pair of single-storey smallholders' or quarrymens' cottages. Masonry walls in large blocks of local stone; roof of small slates, slurried over. 3 stone chimneys (retaining clay pots), one at each end, and one offset to right of centre- on left of right doorway. 2 doorways, that to left has boarded door; that to right has early C20 door. 3 small square windows with fixed panes, one on either side of left doorway and one to right of right doorway. To left, lean-to addition in smaller rubble; corrugated roof; doorway with boarded door. Rear has small blocked window towards north; small window to lean-to.
Interior
Said to have croglofft, and kitchen in middle room. Further croglofft in right-hand section.
Reason for designation
Included as an important and increasingly rare example of an unspoilt traditional pair of Welsh cottages with crogloffts, dating from the late C18 or early C19 and typical of the encroachment landscape of the area.
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