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Gwydir-mawr

A Grade II Listed Building in Trefor, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9966 / 52°59'47"N

Longitude: -4.4206 / 4°25'14"W

OS Eastings: 237645

OS Northings: 347110

OS Grid: SH376471

Mapcode National: GBR 5B.H6LX

Mapcode Global: WH43Y.2Y72

Plus Code: 9C4QXHWH+MQ

Entry Name: Gwydir-mawr

Listing Date: 20 July 1999

Last Amended: 20 July 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 22009

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300022009

Location: The house stands to the W of the village on a bend of the road to the harbour.

County: Gwynedd

Town: Caernarfon

Community: Llanaelhaearn

Community: Llanaelhaearn

Locality: Trefor

Built-Up Area: Trefor

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

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History

The house was probably built in the early C19 and appears on the 27 Oct 1841 Tithe Map of Llanaelhaearn (Trefor] when it was owned by Humphrey Owen and occupied by Griffith Roberts.

Exterior

Built of stone, the front whitewashed, with brick gable stacks. Slate roof with imposed copings. Two storeys, 3 bays. Off-centre framed and boarded door deeply set in the wall, and either side, small 4-paned hornless sash windows. Small lean-to at the rear. The rear garden wall is constructed with setts from the quarry above.

Interior

Not accessible at the time of inspection.

Reasons for Listing

Included as an early C19 small vernacular house which retains much of its original character.

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