NAR SH23NW2

The gatehouse to the old house at Cefnamwlch (NPRN 26238), which was demolished in the earlier nineteenth century.
This is a two storey building of coursed rubble with well made quoins. It has a slate gabled roof with cross gables above the entrance arches on the west and east. The cross gables contain two light mullioned windows and above the western (outer) arch is a tablet with a relief armorial carving with the date 1607. Double doors with a wicket gate are hung at the centre of the passage with recessed seats to either side. The upper room is reached by an external stair on the south.

Associated with: New House (NPRN 26236)
Grounds and gardens (NPRN 86328)

Source: RCAHMW Caernarvon. Inventory III (1964), 86-7 No. 1686

John Wiles 25.04.07