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
14651
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
23/06/1967
Date of Amendment
19/10/1998
Name of Property
Cowhouse at Maes-gwyn
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Pentrefoelas
Town
Pentrefoelas
Locality
Maes-gwyn
Easting
286338
Northing
352479
Street Side
N
Location
The main cowhouse is the more westerly of two parallel farm ranges at right angles to the road, opposite Maes-gwyn.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
Probably C18 or early C19.
Exterior
Built of rubble stonework with a slate roof. Cowhouse of 7 bays, extended at the E end by a further building with a higher roof, and again by a lower 3-bay open fronted animal shelter with a stone-walled enclosure in front, which encloses the farmyard to the E. A narrower wing of 2 bays runs E against the road. Both sides of the building are largely obscured by modern farm buildings. The road elevation has one vented window and a pitching door in the gable of the main range.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as part of the fine farm group, associated with the listed C17 farmhouse at Maes-gwyn.
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