Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
4802
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/11/1966
Date of Amendment
23/05/2003
Name of Property
Barn (1) at Gerddi Bluog
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llanfair
Town
Locality
Llanfair
Easting
261923
Northing
330801
Street Side
Location
A country road branches E off Fonllef Hir and leads to the Cwm Bychan road; c4km NE of Llanfair it passes through the farmyard at Gerddi Bluog. The barn is to SSW of the house and lies at right angles to the E side of the road.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
Early C18 barn, dated by an inscribed stone set in the E gable apex which bears the date 1728. Re-slated in C20 and extended in the C20 by a single pitched addition along the N lateral wall.
Exterior
Early C18 barn built of rubble masonry; slate roof laid to diminishing courses with tiled ridge and stone copings. The entrance is through a central doorway in the E gable which has a small opening set in the apex above. The W gable has a pitching hole to the loft and there is a slate slab set in the gable apex which bears the inscription: MORGAN PRYS / HYDREF : Y : 31 : / 1728 W H / PEN SAUR.
Interior
The 2-bay roof has a pegged and chamfered collared truss.
Reason for designation
Included as an excellent example of an early C18 barn which forms a group with the house and other ancillary buildings at Gerddi Bluog; a good example of a C18/C19 upland farmstead.
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