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Gorphwysfa

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanwnda, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.0879 / 53°5'16"N

Longitude: -4.2344 / 4°14'3"W

OS Eastings: 250456

OS Northings: 356851

OS Grid: SH504568

Mapcode National: GBR 5K.9HVW

Mapcode Global: WH43M.XNS4

Plus Code: 9C5Q3QQ8+46

Entry Name: Gorphwysfa

Listing Date: 28 May 1999

Last Amended: 28 May 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 21824

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300021824

Location: Situated on the east side of the road between Rhosgadfan and Y Fron, the cottage is set in the rear right corner of a roughly rectangular enclosure with rubblestone walls, lower and topped with spear-

County: Gwynedd

Town: Caernarfon

Community: Llanwnda

Community: Llanwnda

Locality: Penyffridd

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

Tagged with: Cottage

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Moel-tryfan

History

Not shown on the 1839 Tithe Map, the absence of associated farmbuildings and the relatively small plot of land suggest that the cottage may have originated after c1850 as a quarryman's dwelling, connected either with Moel Tryfan Quarry, operational by 1800, or Alexandra Quarry, which opened in 1862.

Exterior

Quarryman's cottage. Single-storey symmetrical 2-room plan. Snecked rubblestone blocks, slate roof with internal end stacks. 2-pane sashes to either side of slightly offset panelled half-glazed door under narrow overlight. Low wall with short spear-headed railings to front and later lean-to on right gable end.

Interior

Interior not accessible at time of Survey.

Reasons for Listing

Included as an exceptionally well-preserved example of a mid-C19 cottage, illustrating the survival and development of the single-storey and loft form into the second half of the C19; the cottage retains its original character virtually intact, not only in its overall plan-form but also in its detailing. The cottage forms a significant element of the settlement at Penyffridd.

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