Detail Report - Bangor Civic Society

Authority Gwynedd
Community Llandygai
Locality Llandygai
Postcode
Name
Street No, Name
Location
LL57 4HU
Arfon Cottage
Detail Report
Record No 23422
Grid Ref 259910 370889
Grade II
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.
Belongs to a group of
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.
Interior
Interior not inspected at time of Survey.
Listed
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.
Reference
21
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.
E Beazley & P Howell, The Companion Guide to North Wales (1975), p135.
Date Listed
Date Amended
Date Delisted
24/05/2000
20 February 2012 Page 10 of 174