4189

 

II  

Designated  

26/08/1992  

22/09/1997  

Central farmyard range to S of Long Barn  

 

Gwynedd  

Pentir  

Bangor  

Vaynol Park  

253810  

369610  

NW  

Vaynol Farm lies to the N of Vaynol Old Hall. This range is at right angles and to the S of the Long Barn, dividing the 2 narrow gated farmyards as the wider central block of 3 parallel buildings aligned N-S.  

Agriculture and Subsistence  

 

This extensive model farm was begun by the Assheton-Smith family in the later C19 with the wealth created by the Dinorwic Slate Quarries, which enabled them to carry out continual improvements to farming practice on the Vaynol Estate. The 3 ranges S of the Long Barn appear later than those to the N.  

Built of rock-faced stone with a slate roof. Single storey animal accommodation, with food processing units and stores. Voussoirs and keystones to window and door openings; the former boarded above louvres and with ventilation slots above. Broad entry doors, one blocked. The N gable end has rectangular louvred loft opening over a boarded door. On the roof, louvred ventilators, a square central ventilator, skylights and a chimney stack at the S end.  

 

Included for group value with the neighbouring listed items as part of the important and well preserved model farm complex of the late C19 at Vaynol Farm.