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Tan-y-dderwen

A Grade II Listed Building in Aber, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.234 / 53°14'2"N

Longitude: -4.0149 / 4°0'53"W

OS Eastings: 265611

OS Northings: 372664

OS Grid: SH656726

Mapcode National: GBR 5V.095W

Mapcode Global: WH543.9ZD5

Plus Code: 9C5Q6XMP+H2

Entry Name: Tan-y-dderwen

Listing Date: 7 March 2000

Last Amended: 7 March 2000

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 22911

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300022911

Location: Located on road junction in centre of village; low rubblestone wall to front on roadside; Pen y mwd, the motte of a probable Norman castle, rises just behind the cottages.

County: Gwynedd

Town: Llanfairfechan

Community: Aber

Community: Aber

Locality: Abergwyngregyn

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

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History

Not shown on the 1889 Ordnance Survey 25" map of the area, the cottages were probably built in the 1890s as part of the continuing development of Abergwyngregyn as a Penrhyn Estate village at this time, a period when the Estate was particularly active in providing new housing for its rural workforce. The remodelling of Abergwyngregyn by the Estate had begun c1840 as part of its recasting as a "Picturesque" village en route to the increasingly popular tourist destination of Aber Falls.

Interior

Interior not inspected at time of Survey.

Reasons for Listing

Included as essentially unaltered late Victorian workers' housing forming a significant and distinctive component within the important C19 planned Penrhyn Estate village of Abergwyngregyn. The style of the cottages is typical of much of the estate's late C19 phase of workers' housing, that is of mild picturesque composition, bold in its detailing and making good use of the local building materials.

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