Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
81074
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
23/05/2003
Date of Amendment
23/05/2003
Name of Property
Cartshed at Llwyn Hwlcyn
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llanfair
Town
Locality
Llanfair
Easting
258585
Northing
328370
Street Side
Location
Located c1km SE of Llanfair, in an isolated rural location at the end of a private track off a narrow country road which branches NE off the road which in turn branches NE off the A496 at Pont Pen-y-sarn-hir; the cartshed lies NE of the house.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
The cartshed is probably contemporary with the adjacent agricultural range and built in late C18 or early C19; annotated on the tithe map of the parish, 1849.
Exterior
Vernacular cartshed built of rubble masonry with large stones as quoins; roof of small old slates with stone copings. The doorway is at the W gable, originally with 2 bays divided by a central column, the L (N) doorway is now blocked and the R doorway has a sliding door affixed to the outer wall.
Interior
The roof has 2 bays with central pegged collared truss.
Reason for designation
Listed, notwithstanding condition, as a cartshed with a strong vernacular character which forms a group with the farmhouse and other buildings at the upland farmstead at Llwyn Hwlcyn.
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