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8 Llandygai Village

A Grade II Listed Building in Llandygai, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.2171 / 53°13'1"N

Longitude: -4.0992 / 4°5'57"W

OS Eastings: 259928

OS Northings: 370951

OS Grid: SH599709

Mapcode National: GBR 5R.16QP

Mapcode Global: WH548.0D8K

Plus Code: 9C5Q6W82+R8

Entry Name: 8 Llandygai Village

Listing Date: 24 May 2000

Last Amended: 24 May 2000

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 23423

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300023423

Location: Situated immediately to the north-east of No.7 on the road towards the church; low rubblestone wall to roadside largely concealed by privet hedge is breached by wide vehicular access to No.9.

County: Gwynedd

Town: Bangor

Community: Llandygai (Llandygái)

Community: Llandygai

Locality: Llandygai Village

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

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History

Built in the 1840s as part of the 'model' village established by Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant after he acquired the Penrhyn Estate in 1840.

Exterior

Belongs to a group of 2.

Nos.8 & 9 (Rose Cottage), Llandygai.

Pair of single-storey and attic Estate cottages in mildly Picturesque style forming T-plan. Roughcast rubblestone; slate roof with slightly overhanging verges and carved purlin ends. Symmetrical composition of 1:1:1 bays, central bay taking the form of a very slightly projecting gable with renewed windows in original openings on both floors; 3-light windows, left with leaded latticed lights, on ground floor of flanking ranges. Entrances through 6-panel doors to gable ends, left under open lean-to porch, right under gabled timber porch; left gable end has 6-paned sash window to left of porch and small loft hatch. Integral end stacks have stone bases and paired diagonal brick shafts with stepped capping. Full-length lean-to at rear links to single-storey gabled outbuildings with brick end stack, one to each cottage.

Interior

Interior not inspected at time of Survey.

Reasons for Listing

Included as one of an essentially unaltered pair of cottages with garden outbuilding forming an integral part of this important planned early Victorian estate village. One of the best-preserved such villages in this part of Wales from this period and notable for its distinctive picturesque architectural character.

Group value with No.7 immediately to the south-west and the adjoining No.9.

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  • II Rose Cottage
    Situated immediately to the north-east of No.7 on the road towards the church; low rubblestone wall to roadside largely concealed by privet hedge is breached by wide vehicular access.
  • II 7 Llandygai Village
    Occupies prominent corner position at junction of main road running from western entrance to village towards the Church of St Tegai with lane running at right-angles to south to join parallel road; lo
  • II The Anchorage
    Situated in fairly extensive grounds immediately west of the main entrance to Neuadd Talgai; rubblestone walling to roadside with entrance on west; park wall to Penrhyn Park forms northern boundary.
  • II Arfon Cottage
    Situated on southern of the 2 roughly parallel roads running through Llandygai at junction with lane linking it to the northern road; low rubblestone wall to front.
  • II 22 Llandygai Village
    Situated on southern of the 2 roughly parallel roads running through Llandygai at junction with lane linking it to the northern road; low rubblestone wall to front.
  • II Gate piers, gates, walls and railings to churchyard
    Enclosing the churchyard of St Tegai's Church.
  • II Ysgol Llandygai & School House
    Situated in centre of village to south-west of church; school has playground to front and front garden of School House is boarded by substantial rubblestone block wall with regularly spaced buttresses
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