Detail Report - Bangor Civic Society

Authority Gwynedd
Community Llandygai
Locality Cororion Bach
Postcode
Name
Location
LL57 4BA
Wern-fawr
Detail Report
Record No 23347
Grid Ref 259816 368680
Grade II
Located in roadside position on north-west side of minor road running northwards from the B 4409 at Tyn lon
towards the A 5.
History
Shown on the 1839 Tithe Map, the cottage is likely to have been built only shortly before this date, its occupants
probably working in one of the neighbouring slate quarries, most probably the Penrhyn Slate Quarry near
Bethesda, which was rapidly expanding at this period. The cottage is typical of those slightly later cottages sited
at some distance from the quarry where the distance from the quarry was compensated for by the location in
better-quality agricultural land, of which the part allocated to the cottage was worked by the occupants for their
own use. The lower section may be an addition to the original cottage.
Exterior
Single-storey building of linear form, aligned roughly north-east to south-west, the larger part to right (northeast)
of 2-unit plan with recessed and lower smaller section on left. Roughly coursed rubblestone; slate roofs.
Main part has 2-light 12-paned casement windows with central mullions and slate cills on either side of offset
entrance with C20 half-glazed door; rendered integral end stacks with slate drips. Section on left has 2 windows
as in main part.
Interior
Interior not accessible at time of Survey.
Listed
Included as a well-preserved early C19 quarryman's/smallholder's cottage, built in the local vernacular tradition
of the area. The building is typical of the small dwellings which housed labourers and their families in the early
to mid-C19, and which are such a characteristic feature of the settlement pattern in this region.
Reference
Llandygai Tithe Map, Caernarvonshire Record Office.
Date Listed
Date Amended
Date Delisted
24/05/2000
20 February 2012 Page 50 of 174