Bryn y Dolwyryd, Maentwrog, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9537 / 52°57'13"N

Longitude: -3.9829 / 3°58'58"W

OS Eastings: 266882

OS Northings: 341426

OS Grid: SH668414

Mapcode National: GBR 5W.KYTK

Mapcode Global: WH55N.S0KZ

Plus Code: 9C4RX238+FR

Entry Name: Bryn y Dolwyryd

Listing Date: 25 February 2005

Last Amended: 25 February 2005

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 83989

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300083989

Location: Slightly set back and raised above the N side of the narrow country road that runs along the N side of the Vale of Ffestiniog between the A487(T) and the B4391; ENE of Maentwrog.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Maentwrog

Locality: Vale of Ffestiniog

Traditional County: Merionethshire

Tagged with: Cottage

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History

Mid to late C19 cottage, built on part of Glan yr afon, recorded in the tithe apportionment of the parish, 1840, as being owned by Richard Richards Humphreys Esq, Lord Tottenham and occupied by Thomas Lloyd, a farmer of close to 80 acres (32.4 hectares).

Exterior

Small, Gothic style, cottage orné, single storey with attic and a single window range with door to R (E) and openings offset to the R. Built of coursed rubble masonry, slate roof with overhanging eaves and verges and rectangular stone stack with dripstones and capping to L (W) gable. The principal elevation has a pointed arched window with glazing bars set into a gabled half dormer that breaks the eaves; the ground floor openings have similar heads to the openings, but blocked. The door is boarded and the window is a casement of 2, 4-pane lights; there is a small 2-pane light for the attic at the L (S) end of the E gable.

Interior

The interior was not inspected at the time of the survey (June/July 2003).

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a good C19 cottage orné that retains a strong Gothic character in the retention of original fenestration.

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Bryn y Dolwyryd

A Grade II Listed Building in Maentwrog, Gwynedd