Historical background
A mid nineteenth-century ribbon development partly along a
road of c. 1809 to Pen yr Orsedd Quarry and an industrial railway
of c. 1864 leading to Chwarel y Fron.
Key historic landscape characteristics
Industrial ribbon development, open spaces
The village is characterised by substantial shops and chapels
and a variety of buildings illustrating the evolution of architecture
from the vernacular tradition through to the ‘industrial vernacular',
yet without progressing beyond the intermittent ribbon pattern
of settlement. Capel y Fron (SH50875487) is a substantial halo-arch
chapel of the later nineteenth century; Capel Bwlch y Llyn
(SH50545501) is a rare example of a architect-designed chapel
built after the diwygiad of 1904, and includes a considerable
amount of brick in the construction. The school dates from
the early nineteenth century (SH50815481).
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