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Bwlch y Maen - Former Co-operative shop

A Grade II Listed Building in Maentwrog, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9457 / 52°56'44"N

Longitude: -3.9887 / 3°59'19"W

OS Eastings: 266469

OS Northings: 340550

OS Grid: SH664405

Mapcode National: GBR 5W.LHJW

Mapcode Global: WH55N.P7T3

Plus Code: 9C4RW2W6+7G

Entry Name: Bwlch y Maen - Former Co-operative shop

Listing Date: 30 November 1966

Last Amended: 25 February 2005

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 4822

Building Class: Commercial

Also known as: Former Co-operative shop

ID on this website: 300004822

Location: Set along the W side of Bull Street (A496) at the N end of the village of Maentwrog; in alignment and directly S of The Grapes Hotel.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Maentwrog

Community: Maentwrog

Traditional County: Merionethshire

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History

Early C19 house and shop, dated 1834 and one of a series of a terrace of houses built on a plot of land named as Glan William in the tithe apportionment of the parish, 1840; owned by Maria Shaw and occupied by William Jones Esq.
William Gruffyd Oakeley (1790-1835) was only 21 when he inherited the Plas Tan-y-bwlch estate and set about an ambitious programme of improving the estate. This entailed new building in the village of Maentwrog and rebuilding or improving the existing buildings. In order to do so he opened a quarry near Gelli Grin from which was quarried the large lengths of brown stone present in so many of the village buildings.
Offered up for sale in the auction of the Plas Tan-y-bwlch estate, 1910, in Lot 12 'The Picturesque Rural Village of Maentwrog'. The property was described as Shop House and Premises, called 'Shop Isaf', occupied by Mr Thomas Roberts, for an annual rent of £20-0s-0d(£20.00).

Exterior

Two storey house, formerly a shop, built in the Georgian tradition which characterised the work of the estate at this period. Coursed stone masonry including massive stone lintel across the ground floor openings. Slate roof with overhanging eaves; large rectangular end stacks with dripstones and capping. The house may have originally been a pair of 2 window houses with the doorways offset to R (N); the ground floor has 2 large, 2-pane windows with one doorway between under a plain overlight and another doorway to R (N) end under an overlight with glazing bars. There are 2 first floor 12-pane hornless sash windows offset to the L of the doorways and set under the eaves; between the windows is an insurance plaque and an inscribed stone which bears the date: 1834.
Basement storey to rear retains small paned casement windows.

Interior

The interior was not inspected at the time of the survey (June/July 2003).

Reasons for Listing

Listed, notwithstanding some later alterations, as an early C19 shop and accommodation that forms an integral component of a well-preserved terrace at the centre of the estate village of Maentwrog.

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  • II Glan Dwyryd
    Set at the W side of Bull Street (A496) in the centre of the village of Maentwrog; directly E of the Church of St. Twrog; between the former Co-operative shop and Neuadd Llewelyn.
  • II Neuadd Llewelyn
    Set along the W side of Bull Street (A496) at the N end of the village of Maentwrog; at the end of the row of houses in alignment with The Grapes Hotel, to S of Glan Dwyryd.
  • II Tan-lan
    Set along the E side of Bull Street (A496) at the N end of the village of Maentwrog; opposite The Grapes Hotel.
  • II The Grapes Hotel
    Set alongside the W side of Bull Street (A496) towards the N end of the village of Maentwrog; located NE of the Church of St. Twrog.
  • II Lychgate to Church of St. Twrog
    Set along the W side of Bull Street (A496) in the centre of the village of Maentwrog; located between Neuadd Llewelyn and Pen-y-Bryn.
  • II Pen-y-Bryn
    Set alongside the W side of Bull Street (A496) in the centre of the village of Maentwrog; directly ESE of the Church of St. Twrog.
  • II Penlan including attached cottage formerly known as Dwyfor.
    In an elevated position, set back from the E side of Bull Street in the village of Maentwrog; to ESE of the Church of St. Twrog.
  • II Bron-y-wern
    Set back slightly from the W side of Bull Street (A496) in the centre of the village of Maentwrog; to S of Pen-y-Bryn and the lychgate to the Church of St. Twrog.

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