Gatehouse at Rhiwaedog, Llangywer, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9006 / 52°54'2"N

Longitude: -3.5668 / 3°34'0"W

OS Eastings: 294710

OS Northings: 334837

OS Grid: SH947348

Mapcode National: GBR 6F.PB2T

Mapcode Global: WH676.5CT4

Plus Code: 9C4RWC2M+77

Entry Name: Gatehouse at Rhiwaedog

Listing Date: 20 October 1966

Last Amended: 31 January 2005

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 4665

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300004665

County: Gwynedd

Community: Llangywer

Locality: Rhos-y-gwaliau

Traditional County: Merionethshire

Tagged with: Gatehouse

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History

C17 gatehouse. Probably the last of the Merionydd series of gatehouses to be built as status symbols for the local gentry.

Exterior

Two storey gatehouse built of well coursed masonry, slate roof with advanced eaves and verges and tall stack at L (E) gable with dripstones and capping. Symmetrically planned with the principal elevation facing N, a range of 3 bays, with broad central gable. The central doorway is raised by 3 steps and has a 4-centred head of radiating voussoirs, there are flanking windows and a window in the gable above; all windows are modern 3 light timber casements, similar ground floor windows in each gable return.

Interior

The interior could not be inspected at the time of the survey (June 2004) but is recorded in the previous listing description of 1966 as having a roof of unusual construction with tie beams and wind braces.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a C17 gatehouse that forms a group with the adjacent gentry house at Plas Rhiwaedog. The last of a series of Merionydd gatehouses to be built as status symbols for the local gentry.

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II* Plas Rhiwaedog
Located at the end of a private driveway that leads NE from the country road at Pont Rhiwaedog; c. 400m ENE of the village of Rhos-y-gwaliau.
II Rhiwaedog farmhouse
Located at the end of a private driveway that leads NE from the country road at Pont Rhiwaedog; c. 400m ENE of the village of Rhos-y-gwaliau. The farmhouse is directly E of Plas Rhiwaedog.
II Agricultural range at Rhiwaedog Farm
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II Barn at Rhiwaedog Farm
Located at the end of a private driveway that leads NE from the country road at Pont Rhiwaedog; c. 400m ENE of the village of Rhos-y-gwaliau. The barn lies to NNE of Plas Rhiwaedog and the adjacent
II Ty'n-y-wern
Set back from the SE side of a country road that leads NE from the village of Rhos-y-gwaliau to the B4391.
II Old Ty'n-y-wern
Set back from the SE side of a country road that leads NE from the village of Rhos-y-gwaliau to the B4391. The former cowhouse is sited between the cottage at Ty'n-y-wern and the road.
II Pigsty at Ty'n-y-wern
Aligned with the former cow - house (known as Old Ty'n-y-wern).
II Agricultural range at Ty'n-y-wern
Backing onto the SE side of the lane that leads SW from the B4402 to the hamlet.

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Gatehouse at Rhiwaedog

A Grade II Listed Building in Llangywer, Gwynedd