Muriau Poethion, Old House

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NPRN16575
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A two storey house, possibly later sixteenth century, altered as an outbuilding or cottage at Muriau (NPRN 406140), now converted as a dwelling.
The house has walls of stone rubble and, prior to recent work, had a gabled roof covered with old coarse slates. It has a short square chimney stack in the west gable end. Any original openings have been much altered. The interior has a large fireplace with a wooden lintle and a stone spiral stair in the west gable wall.
The 1st edition OS County series (Caernarvon. XXXIV.13 1889) shows the house as part of a longer, irregular range, with five small yards or pens on the north. It was possibly used as a piggery and swill house.

Associated with: possible Coach house and barn (NPRN 31403)
Byre (NPRN 31404)
possible stables (NPRN 406141)

Sources: RCAHMW Caernarvonshire Inventory II (1960), 63 fig 54 plate 69
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John Wiles 14.05.07