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Latitude: 53.2149 / 53°12'53"N
Longitude: -4.0745 / 4°4'28"W
OS Eastings: 261574
OS Northings: 370657
OS Grid: SH615706
Mapcode National: GBR 5S.1DQC
Mapcode Global: WH548.DG07
Plus Code: 9C5Q6W7G+X6
Entry Name: Plas Hwfa
Listing Date: 3 March 1966
Last Amended: 9 March 2000
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 3671
Building Class: Domestic
ID on this website: 300003671
Location: Situated in undulating pasture field landscape, the farmhouse is reached from the track running southwards off the road between Eglwys St Cross and Tan-y-lon to Tal-y-bont-uchaf, which now continues v
County: Gwynedd
Town: Bangor
Community: Llanllechid
Community: Llanllechid
Locality: Tan-y-lon
Traditional County: Caernarfonshire
Tagged with: Farmhouse
Largely early C17 house, although possibly of earlier origin. Residence of Griffith Williams, 1642-51, Bishop of Ossery (Ireland). The house later descended in social status, becoming a famhouse with further remodelling c1800.
2-storey main range with attic aligned roughly north-east to south-west with single-storey and attic range at right-angles to rear forming basic L-plan. Irregularly coursed rubblestone with partial boulder plinth and quoins, limewashed to front; slate roofs, graded to front of main range. Front has 2 small horizontal sliding sashes, each light 4-paned, near eaves, directly over small 2-light casement with horizontal glazing bars and 2-light 12-paned casement, to left and right respectively of offset half-glazed door, all windows with slate cills; integral end stacks with slate drips; attic window to left gable end. Rear wall has raking eaves dormer roughly to centre; casement window on ground floor with another just above directly to its left. Rear range has substantial integral end stack with slate drips; north-east wall with infilled doorway to centre (inserted window in infill) and present doorway to right; south-west wall has small 4-paned window to left, 2-light 12-paned casement to centre and flat-roofed dormer on left.
Interior not accessible at time of Survey but said to have large timber lintel above wide fireplace, with stone winder staircase to side in larger ground-floor room, which also has exposed beam and heavy joists.
Included as a substantial and long-established lowland farmhouse, apparently with earlier, higher status origins.
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