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Llys Twrog

A Grade II Listed Building in Maentwrog, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9451 / 52°56'42"N

Longitude: -3.9887 / 3°59'19"W

OS Eastings: 266467

OS Northings: 340490

OS Grid: SH664404

Mapcode National: GBR 5W.LHK2

Mapcode Global: WH55N.P7TJ

Plus Code: 9C4RW2W6+3G

Entry Name: Llys Twrog

Listing Date: 30 November 1966

Last Amended: 25 February 2005

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 4832

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300004832

Location: Set at right angles to the W side of Bull Street (A496) in the centre of the village of Maentwrog; to SE of the Church of St. Twrog.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Maentwrog

Community: Maentwrog

Traditional County: Merionethshire

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History

Probably mid C19 house and former bank. The building is not marked on the tithe map of the parish, 1840, but was built on a parcel of land described as 'Tir y Llan'; owned by Louisa Jane Oakeley of Plas Tan-y-bwlch and occupied by Cadwaladr Evans.
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 Llys Twrog - A detached cottage, occupied by E Jones, for an annual rent of £10-0s-0d (£10.00).

Exterior

Two storey house in the Georgian style characteristic of the estate at this period. Built of coursed rubble masonry with large stones as quoins and lintels. Roof of small old slates with stone copings and rectangular gable stacks with dripstones and capping. The principal elevation faces N, a 3-window range with central doorway under a gabled porch; slate roof on timber framing raised on stone plinths. The windows are hornless sashes, ground floor windows have 16-panes, the first floor windows are unequal sashes of 12-panes. The E gable has a doorway offset to L (S) and a 2-pane horned sash in the gable apex.

Interior

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

Reasons for Listing

Listed as an early to mid C19 house retaining good traditional Georgian character, that forms a group with the other buildings at the centre of the estate village of Maentwrog.

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  • II Cartref
    Set alongside the W side of Bull Street (A496) in the village of Maentwrog; located to SE of Church of St. Twrog at the rear of Llys 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.
  • II Steps up to Penlan, with flanking walls
    On the E side of Bull Street in the village of Maentwrog S of the War Memorial
  • 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 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 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 Bryn or Penlan flats
    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. Bryn is located to S of Penlan.
  • 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.

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