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22 Llandygai Village

A Grade II Listed Building in Llandygai, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.2165 / 53°12'59"N

Longitude: -4.0997 / 4°5'58"W

OS Eastings: 259897

OS Northings: 370887

OS Grid: SH598708

Mapcode National: GBR 5R.16ML

Mapcode Global: WH548.0D1Z

Plus Code: 9C5Q6W82+J4

Entry Name: 22 Llandygai Village

Listing Date: 24 May 2000

Last Amended: 24 May 2000

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 23462

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300023462

Location: 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.

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; extensive late C20 additions to sides and rear.

Exterior

Belongs to a group of 2.

No.21 (Arfon Cottage) & No.22.

Pair of single-storey and attic Estate cottages in Picturesque style. Very roughly coursed rubblestone with Anglesey limestone ashlar door and window surrounds; slate roof. Symmetrical composition of 1:1:1 bays, central bay taking the form of a very slightly projecting gable with stepped corner buttresses and 2 chamfered Tudor-arched doorways with C20 ribbed doors as the main entrances to the 2 cottages; gabled eaves dormers with single-light leaded latticed windows flank gable, which has 2-light leaded latticed window to the apex. Canted bays with hipped roofs and 4-light leaded latticed windows directly below the dormers; prominent integral end stacks have paired octagonal shafts with moulded capping. Lower and set-back C20 additions in similar style to original building attached to gable ends.

Interior

Interior not inspected at time of Survey.

Reasons for Listing

Included, notwithstanding C20 extensions, as one of a strongly composed Picturesque pair of cottages retaining much original detailing and occupying a prominent position in 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.

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  • II 7 Llandygai Village
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  • II Slate Direction Indicators
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  • II 8 Llandygai Village
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  • II Rose Cottage
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  • II Bodeilian
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