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
13298
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
10/09/1982
Date of Amendment
16/12/2004
Name of Property
Circular Pigsty to north of Downs Farm
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Community
Llantwit Major
Town
Cowbridge / Y Bont-Faen
Locality
Llantwit Major
Easting
295082
Northing
170120
Street Side
Location
About 30m north of Downs Farmhouse.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
Probably later C18 and contemporary with the farmhouse (qv). It is, however, not shown on the 1840 Tithe map, but is perhaps too minor a building. A larger example can be seen at the Museum of Welsh Life, St. Fagans.
Exterior
Cylindrical stone pigsty with crowning conical roof of stone, the exterior of the cone now cemented. Square-headed entry on north-east side. Partly covered with plant growth on north side. Probable former stone enclosure and trough no longer extant (see RCAHMW).
Interior
The roof internally of 'cave-work' or corbelled construction.
Reason for designation
Included as a well preserved example of a corbelled construction outbuilding, using an ancient building technique.
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