Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
23709
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
21/07/2000
Date of Amendment
21/07/2000
Name of Property
Brynarvon
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llanllyfni
Town
Caernarfon
Locality
Talysarn
Easting
248874
Northing
353366
Street Side
NW
Location
Situated on track (Weirglodd-newydd) immediately above Talysarn.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Shown on the 1840 Tithe Map, this pair of early C19 cottages was probably built as quarryworkers' cottages for one of the several slate quarries opening in the area at this time.
Exterior
Interior
Has matchboarded ceiling with lower parts of 2 A-frame trusses visible beneath and a short screen immediately to right of entrance in right room; C19 plank door leads to left room.
Reason for designation
Included as one of a pair of purpose-built and well-preserved quarryworkers' cottages, built in the local vernacular tradition and forming a distinctive component in this important upland encroachment landscape.
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