Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
5130
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
23/11/1987
Date of Amendment
19/06/1990
Name of Property
Stables at Dolrhyd
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Dolgellau
Town
Locality
Easting
271684
Northing
318501
Street Side
Location
To NW of Dolgellau; reached by a short drive. Dolrhyd House below to SW.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Exterior
L-plan group. The barn is late Cl7/early Cl8; the lower stable range is dated l763 and initialled W V Esq - built by William Vaughan. Both were restored in l980. Rubble walls, slate roof - old small slates to barn; chimney stack to left gable end of stables.
The barn has gable end parapets with quarter round moulded kneelers; dove boxes to right gable end above string course.
Slit ventilators, (blocked) all round. Tudor label over cambered arch former cart entrance with voussoirs, now with modern glazed infill; corresponding cart entrance to rear. Boarded door at right end.
The symmetrical 2-storey, 8-window stable range has central pediment containing a small pane circular window. Small lst floor windows; casement windows and half glazed doors to left with right flanking central twin former coach entrances with cambered voussoir heads and modern glazed infill.
Interior
Modernised interiors. The barn retains 7-bay roof with pegged A-frame trusses, curved struts and purlins.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with Dolrhyd House and Gazebo or Music Room.
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