Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
14/12/1961
Date of Amendment
18/02/2002
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
History
Terrace of 2 second-quarter C19 workmen's cottages, designed in characteristic village vernacular style with simple Tudorbethan detailing.
Exterior
Belongs to a group of 2.
Talafon and Meirionfa, Stryd Gwynant.
2 storeys; of rubble construction under a continuous modern slate roof, with plain end chimneys. Both cottages have central entrances with modern doors and flanking windows on both floors; returned slatestone labels to ground-floor windows, with slate lintels. The windows to Meirionfa (L) are copies of horned 16-pane sashes, whilst those to Talafon are aluminium in hardwood frames. Adjoining flush with the latter cottage, and continually-roofed with it, is a modern storeyed addition with garage to the ground floor; rough-cast gable end with modern window.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a C19 workers' terrace in simple village vernacular style, and retaining traditional character, notwithstanding some loss of detail.
Group value with other listed items in Beddgelert village.
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