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The Bookroom

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanfair Talhaiarn, Conwy

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.2195 / 53°13'10"N

Longitude: -3.6235 / 3°37'24"W

OS Eastings: 291698

OS Northings: 370396

OS Grid: SH916703

Mapcode National: GBR 6C.129R

Mapcode Global: WH65M.9BSN

Plus Code: 9C5R699G+RJ

Entry Name: The Bookroom

Listing Date: 30 January 1968

Last Amended: 22 July 1998

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 187

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300000187

Location: Located SE of Garthewin half-way along its main drive and facing out accross the Elwy valley.

County: Conwy

Community: Llanfair Talhaiarn (Llanfair Talhaearn)

Community: Llanfair Talhaiarn

Locality: Garthewin

Traditional County: Denbighshire

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History

Small second-quarter or mid-C19 lodge, built by the Wynne family to serve Garthewin and formerly used for lunches for shooting parties.

Exterior

Lodge-type building of stuccoed rubble construction, with shallow-pitched, hipped slate roof and slightly oversailing eaves; lead flashings and plain flanking chimneys, that to the R of brick. The building is of 2 storeys, rectangular in plan with a canted, semi-octagonal upper storey. Central entrance via modern porch, part-glazed and with slated roof. Flanking this are recessed 12-pane sash windows with projecting stone sills. The upper storey has similar windows to each of the 3 front-facing sides. Flat-roofed storeyed modern extension to rear, continued as a single-storey addition to the L side.

Interior

The interior was not inspected at the time of survey.

Reasons for Listing

Listed for its special interest as a C19 estate lodge in a prominent location.

Group value with other listed items at Garthewin.

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