Full Report for Listed Buildings


The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.

Summary Description


Reference Number
10960
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
08/07/1966  
Date of Amendment
01/03/1995  
Name of Property
Cowhouse to SE. of Glanyravon Ddu Ganol Farmhouse  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire  
Community
Talley  
Town
 
Locality
Halfway  
Easting
264340  
Northing
230788  
Street Side
 
Location
Situated alongside the Halfway-Cwmdu minor road, standing SW of the present farmhouse.  

Description


Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence  
Period
 

History
Important early Non-conformist site. 5 local Methodists met here in 1735, their numbers increasing to 60 by 1743. Preachers included Howell Harris and Daniel Rowland. Their meeting place was apparently this cowshed, the then home of Mary Griffiths. At her death in 1785, the Methodists met elsewhere. Supplanted by present farmhouse c1840 and long used for agricultural purposes.  

Exterior
Early/mid C18 single storey whitewashed rubble range. Corrugated iron roof, chimneys removed. Low plinth. Former dwelling to right; byre to left. Central doorway to house ( probably inserted in the C19 ). Timber lintel, planked door. Flanking small windows, both with timber lintels and ( broken ) casements. Blocked doorway to left. Door to right of byre elevation with timber lintel and planked door. 2 doorways to left with planked doors: timber lintel to right, concrete to left. S return elevation rebuilt c1950. Window with brick quoins and head, half-timbered gable. Ground floor and loft doors to N return elevation, timber lintels and planked doors. Half-timbered gable.  

Interior
6 pairs of scarfed crucks. 3 pairs with collar beams. Pegged purlins. Later loft inserted.  

Reason for designation
Listed for its scarfed cruck roof construction and important local history.  

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