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Latitude: 53.3924 / 53°23'32"N
Longitude: -4.4479 / 4°26'52"W
OS Eastings: 237318
OS Northings: 391185
OS Grid: SH373911
Mapcode National: GBR HMDQ.TK8
Mapcode Global: WH41Z.NZ4Q
Plus Code: 9C5Q9HR2+WR
Entry Name: Bryn Ddu
Listing Date: 2 May 2001
Last Amended: 2 May 2001
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 25171
Building Class: Domestic
Also known as: Pentre'r Llan
ID on this website: 300025171
Location: Set back, within private grounds, from the N side of a country road leading W off the Brynddu Road S of the village of Llanfechell; c400m ESE of the Church of St Mechell.
County: Isle of Anglesey
Town: Amlwch
Community: Mechell
Community: Mechell
Locality: Llanfechell
Traditional County: Anglesey
Tagged with: House
Late C17 or early C18 gentry house, shown on Lewis Morris plan of c1730. Brynddu was formerly known as Pentre'r Llan before being purchased by the Bulkeley family and the present house is thought, by GW Edwards, to have been built by the father of William Bulkeley, renowned diarist who lived at Brynddu in the C18.
Two storey gentry house, loosely symmetrical with 3-window main range between 2 advanced wings; gabled service wings to rear. Rendered over rubble. Slate roof with rendered rectangular axial and gable stacks with capping; shouldered lateral stack to L (W). The principal elevation faces S with entrance in a gabled porch through a panelled door under a rectangular fanlight; windows are 12-pane hornless sashes. The L (W) gable wing has 2 ground floor and 1st floor windows, the L (W) return with 2-windows to either end and doorway to far L (N); 1st floor with 2-windows set to L of the shouldered lateral stack. The R (E) gable wing, also with 2 windows at intermediate height, L (W) return with a single ground floor window; R (E) return with single storey lean-to addition offset to front (S), gabled dormer in roof above and single ground floor window to L, 3 windows to R and 3 1st floor windows spaced along the range. The rear has gabled wings and dormers; single storey lean-to additions.
Central entry into the hall-vestibule with principal rooms leading off, stone staircase with ornate iron balusters to rear and passage to service wings to rear right. The central room and R wing with rough hewn beams; the R wing also contains a centrally placed huge inglenook fireplace; now enclosed.
Listed as a good late C17 or early C18 gentry house which retains its character and much original detailing.
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