Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
4815
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/11/1966
Date of Amendment
14/05/1998
Name of Property
Beudy Newydd
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llanfrothen
Town
Porthmadog
Locality
Parc
Easting
262352
Northing
343578
Street Side
NE
Location
Located on an elevated plateau between the Afon Croesor and the Afon Maesgwm, approximately 0.5km SW of Parc; accessed via a long track running NE from the road.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
T-shaped, single-storey agricultural complex of unusual plan, including an accommodation wing. Built in 1666 for Katherine Anwyl, widow and heiress of neighbouring Parc and daughter of the famous Royalist general and Vice Admiral of North Wales Sir John Owen of Clennenau. Restored from a ruin by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, architect in 1951 for Mr and Mrs Uhlman. Recepient of a Civic Trust Award.
Exterior
Single-storey T-shaped house of rubble construction on boulder foundations; modern slate roofs. Squat end chimney to the NW wing (the former domestic section) and a modern lateral chimney to the SW wing; this with conical upper section. Primary entrance to NE gable with gently-cambered head, fine slatestone quoins and voussoirs, and a crude dripstone with corbel stops. Above the entrance a slit light and, above this, a slate plaque carved with the initials K A (for Katherine Anwyl) and the date 1666. Extruded between the NE and the NW wings, a modern, single-storey, slate-hung porch; deeply-recessed part-glazed door. Primary ground-floor opening (now window) to the NW gable, with early graffiti to its splays (including dates 1688, 1731, 1733 and 1767 amongst others). The SW gable has a large round-arched opening with deeply-recessed small-pane picture window. Above this, a rectangular recess containing an inscribed slate dedication stone: 'Beudy Newydd remade 1951 for Fred and Diana Uhlman by Clough Williams-Ellis.' Modern, small-paned oak-framed windows replace those of the 1950s; these range from small 2-paned to large 8-paned ones. Central, flush gable to long SE side, forming a cross-gable with the former residential wing; this with large 4-pane window to resultant upper floor; some slit lights to this wing, mostly blocked.
Interior
Plain, modern interiors.
Reason for designation
Included as a dated C17 house and byre of unusual plan and for its association with the architect Sir Clough Williams-Ellis.
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