Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
20932
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
25/11/1998
Date of Amendment
25/11/1998
Name of Property
Field Cowhouse at Tan-y-Rhiw-Newydd
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Beddgelert
Town
Porthmadog
Locality
Beddgelert
Easting
259363
Northing
348634
Street Side
W
Location
Set back from the main road on a slight rise immediately to the S of Tan-y-Rhiw Newydd terrace, at the northern extremity of Beddgelert village.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
Vernacular field cowhouse, probably late C17 or early C18, originally built to house a small number of cows or cattle and typically detached from the other buildings of the farmstead. The farm was part of the Perthi/Dinas Moch lands which belonged to Sir Watkin Williams Wynn until 1803.
Exterior
Vernacular field cowhouse, sited with its gable into a gentle hill-slope, as is customary. Of boulder rubble construction on pronounced boulder foundations; slate roof with crudely-kneelered, uncoped rubble gable parapet to the rear gable. Entrance to the lower gable with large stone lintel; deeply-recessed part-boarded door (upper part open). Former loading doorway to the rear gable, now partly boarded.
Interior
Two-bay interior with original pegged oak tie-beam and collar trusses.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a good, well-preserved example of this characteristic type of regional field cowhouse.
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