Bridge House (aka Ty Bont), Beddgelert, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.995 / 52°59'42"N

Longitude: -4.0962 / 4°5'46"W

OS Eastings: 259411

OS Northings: 346242

OS Grid: SH594462

Mapcode National: GBR 5R.H7H4

Mapcode Global: WH557.1ZQB

Plus Code: 9C4QXWW3+2G

Entry Name: Bridge House (aka Ty Bont)

Listing Date: 25 November 1998

Last Amended: 25 November 1998

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 20940

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300020940

Location: Located directly opposite the Pont Aberglaslyn, on the road side.

County: Gwynedd

Town: Porthmadog

Community: Beddgelert

Locality: Pont Aberglaslyn

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

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History

Mid C19 house, built for the Aberglaslyn estate in the characteristic Tudorbethan vernacular style commonly employed for such contemporary estate buildings.

Exterior

Lodge-scale house with later additions. Two-storey, 3-bay, with lower one-bay wing set back to the R. Of randomly-coursed, roughly-squared stone blocks under a modern slate roof with deep verges and eaves; plain modern bargeboards and simple end chimneys. Central entrance with boarded door. Above this is a first-floor projecting bay carried on shaped corbels and with hipped roof; rectangular projecting oriel, again corbelled, and with plain glazing. Flanking the entrance on the ground floor are similar corbelled bays with hipped slate roofs; above these are first-floor dormer windows with hipped roofs. A plain stringcourse projects between the ground and first floors. The lower wing to the R has an end chimney and a modern window to the front, contained within a primary opening.

A C20 corrugated iron addition adjoins to the L.

Interior

The interior was not inspected at the time of survey.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a mid C19 estate house of distinctive rustic design in a prominent road-side location.

Group value with Pont Aberglaslyn.

External Links

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II Bron-yr-Aur
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II Telephone Call-box
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Bridge House (aka Ty Bont)

A Grade II Listed Building in Beddgelert, Gwynedd