Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
21/07/2000
Date of Amendment
21/07/2000
Name of Property
Weirglodd-newydd
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Location
Situated on track (Weirglodd-newydd) immediately above Talysarn.
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.
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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