5274

 

II  

Designated  

05/04/1971  

25/11/1998  

Tyn Towyn  

 

Isle of Anglesey  

Aberffraw  

 

Porth Nobla  

233116  

371175  

W  

In an isolated location set back from the W side of the A4080 Aberffraw to Rhosneigr road. The cottage is set in an elevated position at the SE side of Porth Nobla.  

Domestic  

 

Early C18 vernacular cottage. Tyn Towyn is not shown as an individual building on the tithe map of the parish, 1839, located within the boundaries of Fferam; listed as a separate property (a labourers cottage) in the 1841 census returns.  

A single storey, 2-unit plan cottage, with single storey wing set at right angles to rear and lean-to addition to rear of E side. Built of rubble masonry on boulder foundations; heavily mortared, front (S) and W elevations rendered. Roof of small slates, those of lean-to addition roof grouted, with tiled ridge and rubble gable stacks with rendered caps over slate dripcourses; the stack at W end larger than that to E. Entrance elevation faces S, a 2-window range with central doorway; the small 4-pane windows are slightly recessed, left (W) window is a casement, right (E) window a horned sash. The rear elevation has a similarly detailed W window, E window a single pane fixed light. The W wall has a single window to the rear (N); a tall, 4-pane casement with a segmental brick head. The rear wing has modern casements and the lean-to addition has a single square-headed doorway in the S wall.  

 

Listed as a good surviving example of a single storey vernacular cottage, retaining early character, including disposition and scale of openings.