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Maengwyn

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanwnda, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.0965 / 53°5'47"N

Longitude: -4.2798 / 4°16'47"W

OS Eastings: 247449

OS Northings: 357903

OS Grid: SH474579

Mapcode National: GBR 5H.8YPL

Mapcode Global: WH43M.7F8J

Plus Code: 9C5Q3PWC+H3

Entry Name: Maengwyn

Listing Date: 28 May 1999

Last Amended: 28 May 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 21799

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300021799

Location: Situated on the south-east side of the A 499 approximately 0.5 km south of Llanwnda; set behind a low rubblestone wall with cut slate coping and iron railings with fleur-de-lys finials and urn-capped

County: Gwynedd

Town: Caernarfon

Community: Llanwnda

Community: Llanwnda

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

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History

Early C19 house, shown on the 1839 Tithe Map and probably built shortly after the creation of the turnpike road, on which it stands, in the 1820s.

Exterior

House. Symmetrical 2-storey, 3-window front with single-storey hip-roofed flanking ranges to sides. Rendered rubblestone; hipped slate roof with red ceramic ridge tiles to the hips and hooped cresting and finials to the short ridge, overhanging eaves; substantial integral end stacks with C20 chimneypots. Similar details to flanking ranges. 16-paned sashes throughout, of slightly reduced proportions to first floor, which has centre window blind; central entrance has C20 half-glazed door and overlight. Left projection has original 12-paned sash window to front; right has C20 window in corresponding position and tall integral end stack to right.

Interior

Not inspected at time of Survey.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a well-preserved example of a reasonably substantial early C19 minor gentry house of polite style retaining good contemporary detailing.

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