Melin-y-Coed explained

Country:Wales
Official Name:Melin-y-Coed
Coordinates:53.127°N -3.77°W
Static Image Name:Three of the seven cottages at Melin-y-Coed - geograph.org.uk - 1802072.jpg
Static Image Caption:The three remaining mill workers' cottages at Glanllyn Terrace, Melin-y-Coed.
Community Wales:Bro Garmon
Unitary Wales:Conwy
Constituency Welsh Assembly:Aberconwy
Constituency Westminster:Bangor Aberconwy
Post Town:LLANRWST
Postcode District:LL26
Postcode Area:LL
Dial Code:01492
Os Grid Reference:SH815603

Melin-y-Coed is a small rural village in the county of Conwy, Wales. (Translated as Mill in the Woods into English). The earliest surviving building in the village is Cyffdy Hall, built in 1596.[1]

The village lies about a mile and a half southeast of the town of Llanrwst. Behind the village to the east the hills rise to Moel Seisiog (467m). The B5427 links Melin-y-Coed to Llanrwst.

Listed buildings

The Bethel Chapel (built 1822, rebuilt 1879)[2] and two bridges also dating from 1822 are Grade II listed.[3] [4] Cyffdy Hall together with its Coach House is Grade II* listed.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Archaeologia Cambrensis: The Journal of the Cambrian Archaeological Association . 1976 . W. Pickering . en.
  2. Web site: Bethel Chapel, Bro Garmon, Conwy . Stuff . Good . britishlistedbuildings.co.uk . 2019-11-04.
  3. Web site: Road Bridge 60m E of Melin-y-Coed Bridge, Bro Garmon, Conwy . Stuff . Good . britishlistedbuildings.co.uk . 2019-11-04.
  4. Web site: Melin-y-Coed Bridge and adjoining revetment walls to E and W., Bro Garmon, Conwy . Stuff . Good . britishlistedbuildings.co.uk . 2019-11-04.