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Latitude: 52.9456 / 52°56'44"N
Longitude: -3.9885 / 3°59'18"W
OS Eastings: 266486
OS Northings: 340541
OS Grid: SH664405
Mapcode National: GBR 5W.LHM3
Mapcode Global: WH55N.P7Y5
Plus Code: 9C4RW2W6+6J
Entry Name: Tan-lan
Listing Date: 30 November 1966
Last Amended: 25 February 2005
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 4825
Building Class: Domestic
ID on this website: 300004825
Location: Set along the E side of Bull Street (A496) at the N end of the village of Maentwrog; opposite The Grapes Hotel.
County: Gwynedd
Community: Maentwrog
Community: Maentwrog
Traditional County: Merionethshire
Tagged with: Building
Probably mid C19. Not marked on the tithe map of the parish, 1840, but built on part of Tir y Llan, owned by Louisa J Oakeley of Plas Tan-y-bwlch and occupied by Cadwaladr Evans. Its use of the Georgian tradition suggests a mid C19 date - the building's somewhat unusual form may be indicative of an unusual history: when it was 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 Tanlan, split into 3 parts - residential quarters, reading room and cellar. The residential quarters and reading room were occupied by E Jones, for an annual rent of £9-0s-0d(£9.00) the cellar by Mr Thomas Roberts for £2-0s-0d(£2.00).
Substantial house set into the hillside at the E side of the road; 4-storeys to front and 3-storeys to rear. A 3-window range built of mortared rubble masonry, R (S) gable rendered. Slate roof with rendered rectangular gable stacks with capping. The principal range faces the road to W and has a timber balcony across the width of the building at first floor level, on stone piers and accessed by a flight of external stone steps at the L (N) end with raking coping along the western wall. The main doorway is to the centre of the range and there is a further doorway to ground floor below. Windows are 16-pane horned sashes with slate sills, the gables have single first and second floor windows towards the rear of the range.
The interior was not inspected at the time of the survey (June/July 2003).
Listed as a mid C19 estate-built house in the Georgian tradition, retaining good original character with some unusual features and historical interest as at one time incorporating a reading room. Forms a group with other buildings at the centre of the estate village of Maentwrog.
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