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Llys Awel

A Grade II Listed Building in Waunfawr, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.1123 / 53°6'44"N

Longitude: -4.2002 / 4°12'0"W

OS Eastings: 252829

OS Northings: 359499

OS Grid: SH528594

Mapcode National: GBR 5M.7S7D

Mapcode Global: WH54S.G14C

Plus Code: 9C5Q4Q6X+WW

Entry Name: Llys Awel

Listing Date: 21 July 1999

Last Amended: 21 July 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 22048

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300022048

Location: Situated just below the road with a rubble-walled footpath running in front of the building.

County: Gwynedd

Town: Caernarfon

Community: Waunfawr

Community: Waunfawr

Locality: Pentre Bryn yr Eithin

Built-Up Area: Waunfawr

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

Tagged with: Farmhouse

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History

Not shown on the 1839 Tithe Map, the house is likely to have been built c1850 as a small farmhouse or larger than average smallholder's cottage.

Exterior

Main part of one storey and attic 2-room plan with central passage-way and end stacks; single-storey range attached to left gable end. Irregularly coursed rubblestone, rendered to front wall of main part, limewashed to single-storey section; slate roofs, graded to single-storey section. Main part has central gabled porch with narrow windows to sides and inner C20 half-glazed door; 4-paned sashes to either side and of reduced proportions to gabled eaves dormers directly above; integral end stacks. Single-storey section has 2 casement windows and tall integral end stack to left.

Interior

Interior not accessible at time of Survey.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a largely unaltered mid-C19 small farmhouse or large smallholder's cottage, built in the local vernacular tradition and retaining its original overall form and much of its detailing.

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