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3 Fron Goch Terrace, Derwen

A Grade II Listed Building in Maentwrog, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9441 / 52°56'38"N

Longitude: -3.9874 / 3°59'14"W

OS Eastings: 266555

OS Northings: 340368

OS Grid: SH665403

Mapcode National: GBR 5W.LHXF

Mapcode Global: WH55N.Q8GC

Plus Code: 9C4RW2V7+J3

Entry Name: 3 Fron Goch Terrace, Derwen

Listing Date: 25 February 2005

Last Amended: 25 February 2005

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 83980

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300083980

Location: In an elevated position set along the E side of Derwen in the village of Maentwrog.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Maentwrog

Community: Maentwrog

Locality: Derwen

Traditional County: Merionethshire

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History

Late C19 terrace of cottages, probably built during the ambitious programme of building and rebuilding of Plas Tan-y-bwlch estate properties in the 1870s and 1880s under the direction of William Edward Oakeley. Offered up for sale in the auction of the Plas Tan-y-bwlch estate, 1910, in Lot 12 'The Picturesque Rural Village of Maentwrog'. The property was described as Frongoch - a block of 5 cottages, occupied by sundry tenants, for an annual rent of £21-10s-0d.(£21.50)

Exterior

Belongs to a group of:
1-5 Fron Goch Terrace.

Two storey terrace of 5 houses, of simple vernacular character, built of roughly coursed rubble masonry with long stones as quoins and lintels. Slate roof with rectangular stone ridge stacks with dripstones and capping.

Located in the centre of the terrace, central doorway under a slate roofed portico. Flanking windows are 2-light timber casements with slate sills, first floor windows set under the eaves.

Interior

The interior was not inspected at the time of the survey (July 2003).

Reasons for Listing

Listed as one of a late C19 terrace of small dwellings of simple traditional character. The terrace is little altered and forms a group with other buildings in the centre of the estate village of Maentwrog.

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