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Penbryn Croft

A Grade II Listed Building in Dolgellau, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.7418 / 52°44'30"N

Longitude: -3.8888 / 3°53'19"W

OS Eastings: 272588

OS Northings: 317690

OS Grid: SH725176

Mapcode National: GBR 90.0C68

Mapcode Global: WH56P.7BGX

Plus Code: 9C4RP4R6+PF

Entry Name: Penbryn Croft

Listing Date: 12 February 1952

Last Amended: 19 June 1990

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 5007

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300005007

Location: Set back from Y Lawnt behind a sloping terraced garden with rear to Cader Road.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Dolgellau

Community: Dolgellau

Built-Up Area: Dolgellau

Traditional County: Merionethshire

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History

l808 with later additions.

Exterior

Pair of 3 window, 3 storey houses with l window extension to W end. Coursed rubble masonry. Moderately pitched slate roofs, cavetto eaves cornices, close verges. Stone stacks, water tabling.
Later Cl9 gablets over outer windows to top storey, bargeboards. l2 pane sashes. Dummy window set under eaves to centre. Glazing bars painted on to Penbryn Croft. l2 pane sashes to lst floor, stone lintels and sills, dummy to centre. Similar fenestration to ground floor with central doorway. Modern doors, lattice rectangular fanlight to Penbryn House. Slate tablets over doorways with lettering: "Built by T G E l808" to Penbryn croft and "Built by R O J l808" to Penbryn House.
3 storey, l window near contemporary extension to right. Pitched slate roof, close verges, stone stack. Shallow dummy window set under eaves. l2ápane sash windows to lst and ground floors. Single storey outshut to left end, pitched slate roof.
Gardens to front revetted with rubble walls, stone staircase to centre from street level.

Tall staircase windows to centres of rear elevations, multi-transomed 2álight windows retaining lead cames to Penbryn croft, stone sills. Raking dormers to 2nd floor, shallow 6 pane sashes. l2 pane sashes to lst floor. Ground floors altered with inserted doorways left and right of Penbryn Croft, original rear entry now window. Similar to Penbryn House with original doorway part-blocked from window to right and later doorway cut alongside window to left. Extension at W end unaltered with l2 pane sashes to lst and ground floors.

Penbryn House under renovation at time of inspection.

Interior

Contemporary staircases, panelled doors.

Reasons for Listing

Group value with listed items on Y Lawnt and with items to rear on Cader Road.

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