Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
5139
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/06/1990
Date of Amendment
19/06/1990
Name of Property
Cowhouse to S. of Bryn Mawr
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Dolgellau
Town
Locality
Easting
272862
Northing
316436
Street Side
Location
Situated immediately in front of the farmhouse and parallel to it.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
Early Cl7.
Exterior
Single storey, lofted dower house or Tyddyn-y-Traian (Jointure-House). Currently used for agricultural purposes. Originally direct entry with hall to S, service rooms to N. Coursed rubble masonry, boulder foundation. Steeply pitched quarry slate roof, simple ovolo eaves cornice, close verges. Stack removed from right end.
Window to left doorways to centre and right, that to right formerly window; plank doors, stone lintels. Blocked loft window to right on N gable end.
Window to left on rear elevation, partly blocked, stone lintel.
Late Cl9, three bay cowhouse adjoins to S. Rubble masonry, slate roof. Central doorway, doorhead at eaves, plank split door. Vent slits to end bay. Pitching door to gable end. Tie beam and collar beam trusses, bolted.
Interior
Stop chamfered transverse ceiling beams. Broad bressumer with broach stops to chamfer. Rubble cross wall inserted to S of original entry. Small fireplace to loft. 2 through purlin collared trusses, original purlins.
Reason for designation
Important group value of dower house with farmhouse.
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