Full Report for Listed Buildings


Summary Description of a Listed Buildings


Reference Number
20064
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
26/06/1998  
Date of Amendment
26/06/1998  
Name of Property
Walls to Cristin  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Gwynedd  
Community
Aberdaron  
Town
 
Locality
Yr Enlli / Bardsey Island  
Easting
211973  
Northing
321675  
Street Side
 
Location
Garden walls to gardens in front and yards behind pair of houses at Cristin.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
Garden walls to pair of semi-detached farmhouses built c1870-5 for the 3rd Baron Newborough, enclosing long front gardens and small rear yards with earth closets.  

Exterior
Garden walls, rubble stone with squared stone capping, enclosing long front gardens with terrace wall in front of houses, narrowly enclosing sides and rear courtyards, and with dividing walls separating the two halves. In rear courts are 2 flat-roofed earth-closets with raised beds adjacent for composting.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Included for group value with pair of houses at Cristin, part of a series of walled enclosures which is a distinctive feature of the island landscape.  

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