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Ty Ucha'r Ffordd

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanberis, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.1147 / 53°6'52"N

Longitude: -4.1127 / 4°6'45"W

OS Eastings: 258690

OS Northings: 359583

OS Grid: SH586595

Mapcode National: GBR 5Q.7X03

Mapcode Global: WH54M.SZR3

Plus Code: 9C5Q4V7P+VW

Entry Name: Ty Ucha'r Ffordd

Listing Date: 29 May 1968

Last Amended: 28 May 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 3767

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300003767

Location: Located on a natural rock outcrop on the south-west side of the A 4086 overlooking Pentre-castell and Dolbadarn Castle; there is a stone retaining wall directly in front of the cottage.

County: Gwynedd

Town: Caernarfon

Community: Llanberis

Community: Llanberis

Locality: Pentre-castell

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

Tagged with: Cottage

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History

Early C19 smallholder's/quarryworker's cottage. The cottage is shown on the 1838 Tithe Map, at which time the land on which it stood belonged to the (Royal) Victoria Hotel.

Exterior

Smallholder's/quarryworker's cottage. Single-storey 3-room plan. Painted rubblestone, formerly limewashed; slate roof. Late C20 top-hung windows to either side of prominent C20 gabled porch with glazed inner door to right; further window to left. Integral end stacks and ridge stack slightly to left of centre.

Interior

Much altered in late C20.

Reasons for Listing

Listed, notwithstanding its extensive C20 alterations, as an early C19 smallholder's/quarryworker's cottage built within the local vernacular tradition and strikingly located above Dolbadarn Castle.

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  • II Glandwr Cottage
    Located on the SW side of the A4085, on the S edge of Llanberis, some 200m SE of Dolbadarn Castle.
  • II Capel Jerusalem with former domestic accommodation to rear
    Located at the eastern end of Pentre-castell on the north side of the A 4086 immediately south of Dolbadarn Castle; a low rendered wall with iron gates forms a small forecourt to the street.
  • II Bryn Eithin
    Set back on north side of main road in Pentre-castell at left end of terrace of cottages; separated from other cottages by high rubblestone wall, which along with similar wall to road encloses front g
  • I Dolbadarn Castle
    Situated on a natural rock outcrop in a strategic position at the north-west end of Llyn Peris, the castle forms a prominent feature in the landscape.
  • II Royal Victoria Hotel
    Situated on slightly rising ground at the south-eastern approach to Llanberis.
  • II Engine Shed
    Located at the foot of the Snowdon Mountain Railway directly to the south of Llanberis Station; a water tank manufactured by Bolling & Lowe of London is situated at the north-west corner of the shed.
  • II Lower Viaduct
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  • II Quarryworkers' Barracks
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