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Hen Efail

A Grade II Listed Building in Dolgellau, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.7513 / 52°45'4"N

Longitude: -3.8946 / 3°53'40"W

OS Eastings: 272220

OS Northings: 318764

OS Grid: SH722187

Mapcode National: GBR 60.ZNDX

Mapcode Global: WH56P.43PL

Plus Code: 9C4RQ424+G4

Entry Name: Hen Efail

Listing Date: 20 April 1999

Last Amended: 20 April 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 21619

Building Class: Recreational

ID on this website: 300021619

Location: About 1km NW of centre of Dolgellau, on golf course, of which Hen Efail is now the club house.

County: Gwynedd

Town: Dolgellau

Community: Dolgellau

Community: Dolgellau

Locality: Ffordd Pencefn

Traditional County: Merionethshire

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History

The building is an estate cottage of the Hengwrt Estate, and probably reached its present form in around 1830, although heavy foundations suggest a possible earlier origin.

Exterior

One-and-a-half storey cottage; two window front. Local stone, with heavy foundations, old slate roof. Tall octagonal end chimneys. Two stone gabled dormers. Central doorway with window to each side. Glazing modern casements, except for window to L of doorway, which has older wooden mullion and transom window. To R, lean-to said to have been old smithy. To rear, central doorway (former window).

Reasons for Listing

A former estate cottage of the Hengwrt Estate, with striking "candlestick" chimneys.

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