Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
22787
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
17/01/2000
Date of Amendment
17/01/2000
Name of Property
Pigsty at Frondeg
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Aberdaron
Town
Locality
Rhiw
Easting
224016
Northing
329156
Street Side
Location
Situated a few metres SE of the cottage, outside the walled enclosures of its garden plot; between Fron Deg and Bryn Ffynnon.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
The location suggests that the pigsty was originally associated with Frondeg, so probably contemporary with the cottage, and therefore mid C19.
Exterior
A rare example of a rough stone circular pigsty, partially built into the rise of the ground and making use of boulders on this rough upland site. The pigsty is of drystone rubble construction, roughly domed, but finished internally with flat slabs. the walls of its small enclosure also survive, with gate piers marking the entrance.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a very well-preserved example of a primitive vernacular building form - thought to have once been traditional, known surviving examples are now scarce. It forms a group with the cottage at Frondeg, together constituting an expecially complete example ofa tiny upland small-holding.
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