Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
20/04/1999
Date of Amendment
20/04/1999
Name of Property
Hen Efail
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Location
About 1km NW of centre of Dolgellau, on golf course, of which Hen Efail is now the club house.
History
The building is an estate cottage of the Hengwrt Estate, and probably reached its present form in around 1830, although heavy foundations suggest a possible earlier origin.
Exterior
One-and-a-half storey cottage; two window front. Local stone, with heavy foundations, old slate roof. Tall octagonal end chimneys. Two stone gabled dormers. Central doorway with window to each side. Glazing modern casements, except for window to L of doorway, which has older wooden mullion and transom window. To R, lean-to said to have been old smithy. To rear, central doorway (former window).
Reason for designation
A former estate cottage of the Hengwrt Estate, with striking "candlestick" chimneys.
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