Tonfanau is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 April 1996. House.

Tonfanau

WRENN ID
stranded-brick-shade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Snowdonia National Park
Country
Wales
Date first listed
25 April 1996
Type
House
Source
Cadw listing

Description

A large 1½-storey house comprising a main range with rear wing (the original house), and a cross wing housing a secondary dwelling and cart house, of rubble stone and slate roof (partly missing at the time of inspection). The main range faces E, with a stone stack to the R and replacement brick stack to the L. The entrance is offset to the R (the door is missing). There are 4 unequally placed windows, of which the third window in the centre is narrower, retaining some glazing bars of former sashes. There are 3 dormers, formerly under raked hoods. To the rear, offset to the R, is a short wing with a corbelled first-floor stack. To its R is an inserted attic window and in the R side wall is an original window opening.

A cross wing facing N is the secondary dwelling. It has a central entrance flanked by windows, and with 3 dormers. Set back to the R is a 1-window lower extension, with separate doorway and end stack. Continuous with the L end is a 2-bay cart house and granary with openings under lintels. In its gable end are stone steps to the granary entrance. The rear of the secondary dwelling, facing the front of the main range, has 2 dormers with sash windows, and a sash window lower R.

The original roof structures are largely intact but most partitioning is of the C19. The main range has, to the N end, a large ground floor fireplace (blocked) with deep timber chamfered lintel, and a small fireplace to the S end. Beams are mainly plastered over, but some chamfered joists remain, particularly to the rear wing where the 1st floor fireplace has a chamfered timber lintel. The secondary dwelling has a stair roughly opposite the doorway, with stone spine wall to the L, and chamfered beams and joists. A bakehouse retains bread ovens.

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