Rhos-farch, Pennal, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.5938 / 52°35'37"N

Longitude: -3.928 / 3°55'40"W

OS Eastings: 269496

OS Northings: 301305

OS Grid: SH694013

Mapcode National: GBR 8Z.9MHW

Mapcode Global: WH57F.M2QB

Plus Code: 9C4RH3VC+GQ

Entry Name: Rhos-farch

Listing Date: 25 May 2000

Last Amended: 25 May 2000

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 23315

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300023315

Location: The farmhouse is located in undulating country, 1km NW of the centre of the village, and is reached from a farm road off the minor road to Pennal-isaf.

County: Gwynedd

Town: Machynlleth

Community: Pennal

Traditional County: Merionethshire

Tagged with: Farmhouse

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History

Built probably in the early C19 as an upgrading of a previous house on the same site.

Exterior

Built of stone and limewashed, with a slate roof. Two storey, 3 bays. Central 4-panelled door within a C20 lean-to porch, and 12-pane unhorned sash windows, 3 to the upper floor, and to either side of the front door, that on the left 16-paned. Gable end brick stacks, the left gable pebbledashed. Lean-to on the right end gable built of rubble with quartz, and an old slate roof. To the rear, a continuous outshut, raised later to 2 storeys and provided with 3 gabled dormers, all margin-glazed.

Interior

Not accessible at the time of inspection.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a well-preserved early C19 farmhouse built in the Georgian tradition, reflecting the increased prosperity of farming at that time.

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Rhos-farch

A Grade II Listed Building in Pennal, Gwynedd