History

C18 gentry house with early C19 remodelling including addition of wings to south. The hall is recorded as having been bought by John Owen in 1727, but after a disastrous election in 1741 he was forced to sell some of his estate and Llynon Hall was bought by Herbert Jones. The hall formed the estate centre for the Jones family, related by marriage to those of Bodewryd, Presaddfed, Gwredog and Myfyrian. Herbert Jones (1720-1767) was a naval surgeon and his nephew, another Herbert (1756-1803) was sympathetic to the Methodist cause and provided land for the first chapel in Amlwch in 1777. By the time of the 1841 Census and Tithe apportionment the hall was owned by Humphrey Stanley Jones and was an extensive farmstead of over 228 acres (92.34 hectares); it was probably under his ownership that the estate prospered, new houses were built (Ty'r-felin by Melin Llynon) and the hall was remodelled. By 1851, however, the hall was no longer within the Jones family and was owned by Stephen Roose; later it became home to Evan Thomas, renowned 'bonesetter' of Cilmaenan, Llanfaethlu, who lived there until 1872. In 1898 the hall was sold to Thomas George Kendall of Holyhead, General Manager of the Dublin Steam Packet (which carried the Royal Mail to Ireland); he died in 1906 and in 1945 the hall was sold to Major Harold Owen and his wife.

Exterior

C18 gentry house with C19 remodelling, including the additon of the canted bays and wings to S; 2-storeys, built to a double pile plan, aligned N-S, with 2 parallel service wings in line to S end, that to E with single storey block at S gable. The main house has rendered elevations throughout, exposed gables at S end of the service wings (and single storey block) of rubble masonry construction. Slate roofs. The house has tall gable chimneys to S and a further axial chimney along the N ridge; grouped rendered stone chimneys with octagonal shafts and moulding capping. The service wings have tall rectangular rendered axial chimneys; grouped stacks with corbelled capping.
The entrance elevation faces E, remodelled in early C19, smooth rendered with ashlar scoring. Central entrance between full height canted bays. Bays have 12-pane hornless sash windows, those to front with side panes; slate sills and string course. Entrance has pilasters with quasi-gothic panels and side lights with lozenge panes. Added glazed porch. Two tall first floor lights and brick nogged eaves course. The N return elevation is a 2-window range of 12-pane hornless sash windows with slate sills; ground floor Venetian windows with recessed hoodmoulds, first floor with cambered heads set directly under the eaves. Rear (E) elevation is a 6-window range; 12-pane hornless sash windows with cambered heads and slate sills on each floor and doorway in a gabled timber porch.
The added service wing to S continues on the same alignment though with a slightly lower roof line: A 4-window range, the left hand bay (L of an axial stack) has taller 12-pane sashes; 3 windows to right are PVCu windows replacing 12-pane sashes, modern conservatory to ground floor.
The return (S) gables each have single first floor windows, a 16-pane hornless sash set directly under the eaves between. The front (E) elevation of the E service wing is a 3-window range with large 16-pane sash windows to L (S) and 2 smaller 4-pane sash windows offset to the R (N); doorway below, the entrance beyond a rubblestone wall set at an angle to the main house, the entrance to the yard in a round headed arch, fanlight with radial glazing bars. The E service wing has a single storey block at the S gable, built of rubble masonry, slate roof with stone coping and brick gable stack with capping. Single doorway offset to L (N) end, a VR letterbox inserted to its L.

Interior

Interior not inspected at the time of the survey.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a good, well-preserved, Georgian style gentry house which retains all the character and fine detailing of the early C19 remodelling.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29484822

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