Cae Hen, Llanwnda, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.1049 / 53°6'17"N

Longitude: -4.2443 / 4°14'39"W

OS Eastings: 249850

OS Northings: 358760

OS Grid: SH498587

Mapcode National: GBR 5K.8FGD

Mapcode Global: WH43M.S722

Plus Code: 9C5Q4Q34+W7

Entry Name: Cae Hen

Listing Date: 28 May 1999

Last Amended: 28 May 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 21800

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300021800

Location: Remote rural location close to the route of the former Welsh Highland Railway, reached by a track off the no-through road running south-eastwards from Bontnewydd; the farmhouse sits in a garden with l

County: Gwynedd

Town: Caernarfon

Community: Llanwnda

Locality: Cae Hen

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

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History

Shown on the 1839 Tithe Map, the farmhouse is likely to have been built in the 1820s; mid-C20 additions to rear.

Exterior

Farmhouse. Original 2-storey, 3-window front extended to rear in mid-C20 by 2-storey flat-roofed addition at right-angles to rear with single-storey range attached behind that. Uncoursed rubblestone, some in large blocks, neatly pointed to front, buttered to returns; slate roof with rendered integral end stacks. 16-paned glazing bar sashes to front, all with slate cills and lintels, first-floor centre blind and with painted 'dummy' window, lower right a horned replacement. Central entrance has C20 glazed door with shallow overlight. Sash window to first floor of left return.

Interior

Interior not accessible at time of Survey.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a good example of a modest early C19 farmhouse, which although constructed of vernacular materials displays several of the polite architectural features characteristic of the period and building type; retains its original fenestration pattern.

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II Pigsties at Bodgarad
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II Cowhouse at Bodgarad
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II Calf-rearing House/Cowhouse at Bodgarad
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II Hay Barn at Bodgarad
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II Tyddyn y Gwydd
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II Erw
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Cae Hen

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanwnda, Gwynedd