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Berth-Lwyd

A Grade II* Listed Building in Beddgelert, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.0121 / 53°0'43"N

Longitude: -4.0463 / 4°2'46"W

OS Eastings: 262809

OS Northings: 348050

OS Grid: SH628480

Mapcode National: GBR 5T.G7JV

Mapcode Global: WH557.TKC5

Plus Code: 9C5Q2X63+VF

Entry Name: Berth-Lwyd

Listing Date: 29 May 1968

Last Amended: 25 November 1998

Grade: II*

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 3741

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300003741

Location: Located on the northern slopes of the Nantmor valley, some 3km NE of Nantmor; accessed via an unmetalled track leading W off the unclassified road running SW from Nantgwynant.

County: Gwynedd

Town: Caernarfon

Community: Beddgelert

Community: Beddgelert

Locality: Berth-Lwyd

Traditional County: Merionethshire

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History

Early C17 storeyed house, mentioned as the residence of a Thomas Lewis in a will of 1643. A later, C18 or C19 addition to the R adjoins under a continuous roof may have been agricultural rather than domestic. The house was re-roofed and restored from a ruin in the 1980s and the byre section remodelled.

Exterior

Large storeyed stone farmhouse with later wing at north end and lean-to sheds to the south. 3-unit main block with 2-bay additions to right. Of long slate rubble, roughly coursed, with modern slate roof and slab-coped, kneelered gable parapets; crude stone corbelling to original eaves line (raised during modern restoration). Squat end chimneys and central stack, all with weathercoursing. Original openings with mostly small, square windows, all with modern casements. On the east (entrance) side is a canted, gabled projection containing a primary stone newel stair, with partly overhanging upper section to the L return. The entrance is to the L of this, and has slate steps up to a deeply-recessed boarded modern door; similar opposing entry to rear. To the L of the front entrance is an irregular stone projection, probably a primitive mounting block. The adjoining wing to the N is flush with the stair projection for half of its length before stepping back to the R. The rear of this is built into the slope and has a rubble revetment wall dividing a modern terrace from the rear of the primary house; modern 3-bay glazed wall with rubble dividing piers to this.

Interior

Modern ceiling and roof timbers. Wide stone newel stair within the stair projection, with a modern tunnel access created through the primary end wall, leading to the addition.

Reasons for Listing

Listed Grade II* for its special interest as a large early C17 vernacular farmhouse with unusual projecting newel stair.

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