Cowhouse at Isallt-fawr, Dolbenmaen, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9761 / 52°58'34"N

Longitude: -4.1841 / 4°11'2"W

OS Eastings: 253448

OS Northings: 344319

OS Grid: SH534443

Mapcode National: GBR 5M.JJ44

Mapcode Global: WH55C.PGS8

Plus Code: 9C4QXRG8+F9

Entry Name: Cowhouse at Isallt-fawr

Listing Date: 30 March 1999

Last Amended: 30 March 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 21549

Building Class: Agriculture and Subsistence

ID on this website: 300021549

Location: Issalt-fawr lies at the lower S end of Cwm Pennant, at the foot of the slope of Moel Issalt. The cowhouse stands some distance away to the SE of the farmhouse

County: Gwynedd

Town: Dolbenmaen

Community: Dolbenmaen

Locality: Isallt

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

Tagged with: Cowshed

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History

Built in the C17 or C18 to serve Issalt-fawr farm.

Exterior

Set longitudinally on a steeply sloping site, and built of large boulders in the Snowdonia manner, with a slate roof between raised coped gables. Entrance on the downhill side with a slight ramp revetted by a stone boulder wall. One ventilation opening, and a raised door in the N gable, probably serving a upper level feed store.

Interior

Three bays, with 2 trusses, one with principal rafters set in the walls, collar and tie beam, the other truss replaced. Slate partition wall, with orthostatic slate stall divisions against the back wall, the edges faced with timber to prevent injury to the stock.

Reasons for Listing

Included as an interesting example of the smallest range of animal houses associated with the smaller upland farms of the Snowdonia district. A type of which very few examples have survived in their original form, retaining the original internal arrangements.

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Cowhouse at Isallt-fawr

A Grade II Listed Building in Dolbenmaen, Gwynedd