Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
21/06/2001
Date of Amendment
21/06/2001
Name of Property
Bryn Tirion
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Location
Set against the hill slope at the junction between Pen Dref and a lane leading to Rehoboth chapel, in the centre of the town.
History
Early Victorian vernacular cottage dated 1841; repaired and re-roofed with a town scheme grant, 1996-7.
Exterior
Small 2 storey cottage of local rubble construction partly on rock foundations; slate roof with rubble gable parapets and end chimneys with slate cornicing and weathercoursing. Symmetrical 2-window elevation with central entrance and modern door; boarded, with 6-pane glazed upper section. Small 4-pane casement windows, modern replacements. Above the door is a modern slate plaque inscribed: 'Bryn Tirion 1841.' A high rubble revettment wall adjoins the cottage to the L and and follows the curve of the lane for a short distance.
Interior
The interior was not accessible at the time of survey.
Reason for designation
Listed as an unusual small, detatched mid-C19 cottage retaining good original external character.
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