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Pen-y-graean

A Grade II Listed Building in Mawddwy, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.757 / 52°45'25"N

Longitude: -3.6281 / 3°37'41"W

OS Eastings: 290220

OS Northings: 318951

OS Grid: SH902189

Mapcode National: GBR 6C.Z75D

Mapcode Global: WH67R.7YKT

Plus Code: 9C4RQ94C+QP

Entry Name: Pen-y-graean

Listing Date: 4 November 1999

Last Amended: 4 November 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 22620

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300022620

Location: The two cottages, Tan-y-graean and Pen-y-graean to the N are set above the main road through the valley, S of the centre of the village.

County: Gwynedd

Town: Machynlleth

Community: Mawddwy

Community: Mawddwy

Locality: Llanymawddwy

Traditional County: Merionethshire

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History

One of a pair of cottages, probably built by the Estate of Sir William Roberts MD FRS of Bryn Hall who bought the Buckley Estate in 1876. The cottage was probably erected towards the end of the C19.

Exterior

N gable end stack rebuilt.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a well preserved pair of estate cottages in a simple vernacular style, representative of the improvements carried out by a benevolent estate in the later C19.

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  • II Ty-isaf
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  • II Ty-uchaf
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  • II Church of St Tydecho
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  • II Lloyd Chest Tomb at the Church of St Tydecho
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  • II Farm building at Wern-gau
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  • II Wern-gau
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