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Brynaerau uchaf

A Grade II Listed Building in Clynnog, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.0426 / 53°2'33"N

Longitude: -4.3335 / 4°20'0"W

OS Eastings: 243656

OS Northings: 352029

OS Grid: SH436520

Mapcode National: GBR 5F.D9SZ

Mapcode Global: WH43S.DSNB

Plus Code: 9C5Q2MV8+2J

Entry Name: Brynaerau uchaf

Listing Date: 15 September 1999

Last Amended: 15 September 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 22343

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300022343

Location: The farm lies SE of the hamlet of Pontllyfni, on a minor road leading to the SW.

County: Gwynedd

Town: Caernarfon

Community: Clynnog

Community: Clynnog

Locality: Pontllyfni

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

Tagged with: Farmhouse

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History

The building is probably of the C16 or early C17.

Exterior

Built of stone rubble on boulder foundations, and painted white. Renewed slate roof replacing thatch. Cement copings and gable stacks. One storey and attic. A central open gabled porch with round external arch, and a boarded door with 2 small glazed lights. Two and 3-light stained wood windows, set deeply in the walls each side of the doorway, and two small attic windows breaking the eaves line, with cat-slide roofs. Gable stacks with an added brick flue at the E end, and a small square window in the W gable end. Doors at the rear and added lean-to under an extension of the roof.

Interior

Not accessible at the time of inspection.

Reasons for Listing

Included, notwithstanding loss of detail, as a good example of a substantial lowland sub-medieval farmhouse retaining vernacular character.

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