Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
26/06/1998
Date of Amendment
26/06/1998
Name of Property
Walls to Cristin
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Locality
Yr Enlli / Bardsey Island
Location
Garden walls to gardens in front and yards behind pair of houses at Cristin.
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.
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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