Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
30/09/1999
Date of Amendment
30/09/1999
Name of Property
Wood Cottage
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Location
Located in an extremely isolated position on rising ground at end of no-through trackway running through parkland and then woodland to the south-east of Plas Newydd.
History
Built c1850 as an estate worker's cottage during the ownership of the third Lord Newborough.
Exterior
Mild Picturesque Gothic style favoured by the Newborough Estate. Original 2-storey cross-plan with large, loosely attached C20 single-storey addition to south-east. C19 building of roughly coursed rubblestone and slate roof with deep overhanging verges and exposed purlin ends; similar materials to C20 extension. North gable has half-glazed door with large decorative blind cross shape to apex; to left in front wall is a wooden cross-window; west gable has 2-light window with 3 horizontal glazing bars on first floor and similar 3-light window on ground floor; 4-paned sash on ground floor of east gable. Tall stack to ridge of south gable; C20 extension has large 4-light window in south gable end.
Interior
Interior not accessible at time of Survey.
Reason for designation
Included, notwithstanding C20 extension, as an essentially well-preserved mid-C19 estate worker's cottage on the remarkably complete C19 Glynllifon Estate.
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