23751

4  

II  

Designated  

21/07/2000  

21/07/2000  

Tai Baladeulyn  

 

Gwynedd  

Llanllyfni  

Caernarfon  

Nantlle  

251076  

353397  

 

Slightly set back from the street with small front gardens situated behind low wall to pavement.  

Domestic  

 

Built for quarrymen and their families after the acquisition of the Pen yr Orsedd slate quarries by W A Darbishire & Co. in 1863. The company was renowned for the interest it displayed in the welfare and living conditions of its workers.  

Nos.1-5 Tai Baladeulyn (consec.). Roughly symmetrical mid-C19 terrace of 5 cottages in loosely Picturesque style constructed of irregularly coursed rubblestone and slate-stone blocks; slate roof with 2 rendered ridge stacks. 2 storeys with attics to projecting gables to left, centre and right, left gable of single-bay width, others of 2 bays, all with decorative bargeboards and finials. 10-window front, mainly original 2-light casements with 5 horizontal glazing bars to each light, some C20 replacements; attics with small horizontal sliding sashes. Entrances, recessed to left and centre gables, flush to right gable. Nos.6-7 at the right-hand end of the terrace are heavily altered and are not included on this List.  

Interior not inspected at time of Survey.  

Included as a good example of company-built slate workers' housing, employing a Picturesque architectural vocabulary as hall-mark of company involvement.