Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
22712
Building Number
1
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
06/12/1999
Date of Amendment
06/12/1999
Name of Property
Cymerau Cottages
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Corris
Town
Machynlleth
Locality
Aberllefenni
Easting
277521
Northing
310666
Street Side
Location
The row of 4 cottages is set back from the track at the S end of the road running up Cwm Ratcoed, and backs on to Cymerau Quarry.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Cymerau was a farm of "5.16.0 acres" (c2.35ha), owned by Hugh Jones in 1838. Following upon a lease of 1853, Cymerau Quarries were opened by H N Hughes, and later operated as Hughes and Nephew, cottages being built for quarry workers in the mid-late C19. The quarry ceased trading after 1933.
Exterior
No 1 is severely altered, with C20 uPVC windows and door in the original openings.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as one of a row of slate quarrymen's cottages, one of the few remaining rows of such cottages erected at the height of the prosperity of quarrying, probably in the 1860-70's, and as such, an interesting survival of a major industry in the Corris area.
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