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| Yn 1802 roedd gan y carchar bedair cell ar gyfer troseddwyr a naw ystafell ar gyfer dyledwyr. Gofynnwyd i Joseph Turner wneud yr adeilad yn fwy. Fodd bynnag, gan ei fod yn hen ac mewn gwaeledd iechyd, nid oedd modd iddo oruchwylio'r gwaith a chafwyd problemau: |
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Llun yn dangos estyniadau
1803 a 1805 ar Stryd Clwyd.
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| "[The] - inside bricks are
soft - stonework not well put together... not having put in a person of
sufficient experience... to see the work done properly... progress appears
to have been imposed by the bricklayer and limestone mason... Thru some
neglect... [a] considerable part of those unfurnished buildings have been
insufficiently inspected... - last winter the brick lining of some of the
rooms fell in." Report dated 17 May, 1803, by Messrs Bromfield and Harrison (architects) on Turner's building alterations (Denbighshire Record Office QSD/AG/1/29). |
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Gofynnwyd i Thomas Telford, y peiriannydd enwog, oruchwylio'r
gwaith ond gwrthododd y cynnig. Cwblhawyd y gwaith gan Thomas Harrison
o Gaer yn 1805. Thomas Telford, the famous engineer, was asked to supervise
the work but declined. It was completed by Thomas Harrison of Chester
in 1805. Adeiladwyd mwy o gelloedd yn 1837. Roedd y carchar yn medru dal 58 carcharor yr adeg hynny. |