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Barn (1) at Gerddi Bluog

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanfair, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.8569 / 52°51'25"N

Longitude: -4.0522 / 4°3'7"W

OS Eastings: 261923

OS Northings: 330801

OS Grid: SH619308

Mapcode National: GBR 5T.S04R

Mapcode Global: WH560.QGL4

Plus Code: 9C4QVW4X+Q4

Entry Name: Barn (1) at Gerddi Bluog

Listing Date: 30 November 1966

Last Amended: 23 May 2003

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 4802

Building Class: Agriculture and Subsistence

ID on this website: 300004802

Location: A country road branches E off Fonllef Hir and leads to the Cwm Bychan road; c4km NE of Llanfair it passes through the farmyard at Gerddi Bluog. The barn is to SSW of the house and lies at right angle

County: Gwynedd

Community: Llanfair

Community: Llanfair

Traditional County: Merionethshire

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History

Early C18 barn, dated by an inscribed stone set in the E gable apex which bears the date 1728. Re-slated in C20 and extended in the C20 by a single pitched addition along the N lateral wall.

Exterior

Early C18 barn built of rubble masonry; slate roof laid to diminishing courses with tiled ridge and stone copings. The entrance is through a central doorway in the E gable which has a small opening set in the apex above. The W gable has a pitching hole to the loft and there is a slate slab set in the gable apex which bears the inscription: MORGAN PRYS / HYDREF : Y : 31 : / 1728 W H / PEN SAUR.

Interior

The 2-bay roof has a pegged and chamfered collared truss.

Reasons for Listing

Included as an excellent example of an early C18 barn which forms a group with the house and other ancillary buildings at Gerddi Bluog; a good example of a C18/C19 upland farmstead.

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