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Latitude: 52.7628 / 52°45'46"N
Longitude: -3.9785 / 3°58'42"W
OS Eastings: 266596
OS Northings: 320188
OS Grid: SH665201
Mapcode National: GBR 5X.Z014
Mapcode Global: WH56F.VTNC
Plus Code: 9C4RQ27C+4J
Entry Name: Former Dwelling immediately to S of Hendre Forion
Listing Date: 20 July 1995
Last Amended: 20 July 1995
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 16159
Building Class: Domestic
ID on this website: 300016159
Location: Located approximately 2km NW of Bontddu and immediately N of Pont Hirgwm; on a bend in a metalled lane running N from Bontddu.
County: Gwynedd
Community: Llanelltyd (Llanelltud)
Community: Llanelltyd
Locality: Cae Hir
Traditional County: Merionethshire
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Former dower house or steward's house with storage loft above; probably mid C17, and serving the earlier (but now altered) Hendre Forion. This unusual and ingenious combination of domestic accommodation and agricultural space within a single compact unit has no known parallel at this date in the area.
Single-storey rectangular building with upper loft; rubble construction with old slate roof. End chimney to R with capping and weather-coursing; rubble gable parapet. Off-centre entrance with irregularly-flanking small, square lights, both unglazed. Above that to the R, a large dormer entrance with rubble gable parapet, originally accessed via a bridge from the higher ground opposite. Further upper loading bay to L gable with stone-stepped access. Single, unglazed window to rear.
Single room to ground floor with good quality ogee-stopped ceiling joists; to the R of the entrance, a diagonally-set chamfered bressummer opens onto a large angled fireplace, acting in effect like a smoke hood. The flue spirals up to the gable chimney above in a curious arrangement. The main loft entrance is angled to the L in order to avoid the bulk of the internal stack; plain contemporary pegged collar truss.
Included as a good C17 example of a scarce building type with unusual internal planning.
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