You have no advanced search rows. Add one by clicking the '+ Add Row' button

Alms Houses; 1-3 Bryn Ysgol, Ysbyty Ifan

Loading Map
NPRN26763
Map ReferenceSH84NW
Grid ReferenceSH8412048780
Unitary (Local) AuthorityConwy
Old CountyCaernarfonshire
CommunityYsbyty Ifan
Type Of SiteALMSHOUSE
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
An almshouse complex was originally erected in Tir Ifan in 1709 by the will of Captain Richard Vaughan of Pant Glas, a blind Royalist veteran of the civil wars and one of the Poor Knights of Windsor. He also gave 'the use of two hundred pounds for ever to maintain six poor aged men of this parish.' These almshouses were in due course superseded by a new range, built by Mrs Catherine Vaughan of Pant Glas, presumably in the late 18th century, which form the core of the present range. The original almshouses (of Captain Vaughan's foundation) were dissolved by the Charity Commissioners and sold, being subsequently demolished in 1885. In 1880, using the transfered endowment and the proceeds of the sale of these, Edward Gordon, Baron Penrhyn, rebuilt Mrs Vaughan's range and gave it its present appearance.

Reference: Cadw listed buildings database.