1, Farmhouse with downslope siting suggesting Medieval origin. The present is of end-chimney Snowdonian type with added parlour. Much altered in the 1960's. NJR 19/05/2010.

2,Garth Llwyd is a small farm, once part of the Rhiwlas estate, near Bala, consising of two, typical, stone-built and slate-roofed, parallel-ranges, both built down the sloping ground with boulder footings.They are alligned from south to north, a 3-unit farmhouse to the east of a barn-range.
The farmhouse is probably 17thcentury, but was altered in the 19th century, when the chimney was rebuilt in brick. It was modernised with concrete block and rendered, with roof raising and removal of most original timbers in 1966, making interpretation difficult. The external eaves-line of a 19thcentury addition at the upper-end is on the line of the original house and part of the wall-plate is visible. Its roof must have been of graded stone tiles, some being found re reused in the parlour floor. Internally, only part of the original chimney stack survives in stone, underbuilt in brick.
There are two possibilities for its development
1, A '3-unit' type, with a lobby-entry on the east side of the present stone chimney, consisting of a kitchen/hall, with a parlour at the lower-end and a service- room at the upper-end.
2, A `Snowdonia ` type house of 2-units with a central-entry close by the present entry, and a later addition at the lower end.
It is probably the second type, as the stone chimney could relate to a first-floor fireplace, with the main kitchen/hall fireplace formerly at the upper-end, now completely removed. Also the west wall of the parlour is thinner, suggesting it is an addtion. The upper-end cross-wall is thicker, perhaps to support a former large fireplace.

The barn-range has an 18th century, 3-bay corn barn with central threshing-bay doorways (one blocked) and lofted end-bays, each with a later doorway for cattle (one now a window). Its roof has 2 pairs of interupted tie-beam trusses jointed to a loft ceiling-beam. There are 19th century additions in-line, which include, a cart-house at the upper-end, and a stable with steps to granary over at the lower-end. On the east side, there is a stone lean-to for calves and a corrugated-iron lean-to for milking machinery.
A 19thcentury, stone-built, rectangular plan, slate double-pitched roof, 2-unit pig-sty is situated to the north-east, below the barn-range, along with adjacent square `ty-bach?.

Visited, Geoff Ward, 18/05/2010