Yr Ysgwrn Farmhouse, stable and cartshed is a Grade II* listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 6 October 1989. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.
Yr Ysgwrn Farmhouse, stable and cartshed
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-loggia-pine
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Snowdonia National Park
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 6 October 1989
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Yr Ysgwrn Farmhouse, stable and cartshed, Cwm Prysor, Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd, LL41 4UW
- OS grid reference
- SH 722 346
- Coordinates
- 52.89426, -3.89975
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Yr Ysgwrn Farmhouse is a two-storey, three-window vernacular farmhouse dating from the 19th century, with a contemporary linear farm building attached to the left. It is constructed from coursed, squared rubble masonry and features a moderately pitched slate roof with plain eaves and close verges, but no rainwater goods. The building has stone stacks and water tabling.
On the first floor, there are small 16-pane sash windows set under the eaves. The ground floor has larger sash windows flanking a central doorway, all with deep stone lintels. The half-glazed door consists of small panes over two panels. A coursed rubble forecourt wall, which was formerly whitewashed, is present, with stone gateposts and sidewalls leading to a flagged path to the door.
The rear elevation shows inferior masonry techniques. There is a small outshot to the right with a 4-pane fixed light window, and two additional small windows on the ground floor at the rear, also with deep stone lintels.
Adjoining to the left are the cartshed and stable, built in the same style as the house with a continuous outshot to the rear. The stable features a gable end entry, a broad cart entry to the right with a concrete lintel (originally a cambered stone voussoir arch), and a loft window above. The stable door to the left is flanked by stone piers supporting a slate slab, with a loft door above, also with stone lintels.
Inside, the kitchen/hall on the left has a broad fireplace with a mantle shelf, a brick arched flue, a cast iron range, and a good iron crane. There is a small bedchamber in the outshot at the rear, and a pantry that is partitioned off with vertical slate slabs. The doors are strap and pintle hung plank doors, and the floors are stone flagged. The parlour contains five of Hedd Wyn's bardic chairs.
Local climate
Yr Ysgwrn Farmhouse, stable and cartshed sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,390 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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