23726

 

II  

Designated  

21/07/2000  

15/02/2002  

Tan-y-Ffordd  

 

Gwynedd  

Llanllyfni  

Caernarfon  

Penygroes  

248380  

353898  

NW  

Set directly by roadside approximately 1.5km north-east of Penygroes.  

Domestic  

 

Shown on the 1840 Tithe Map, the building appears to have originated as a roadside encroachment in the early C19, probably in association with the emerging slate quarries which led to a fragmentation of existing landholdings in the area at this period.  

White-painted and rendered rubblestone; grouted slate roof with coped verges to right gable end; integral end stacks and shared ridge stack to centre, all with slate drips. Single storey. Each cottage is of 2-unit plan with central entrances flanked by Cl9 four-paned sashes. 2 further sashes to rear (roadside) wall. Projecting single-storey lean-to on left gable end.  

Interior not accessible at time of Survey.  

Included as a good example of a pair of early C19 quarryworkers' cottages, exhibiting many of the characteristics typical of the contemporary smallholders' cottages of the region and forming a distinctive local building type.