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
16421
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
01/01/1973
Date of Amendment
22/09/1995
Name of Property
Pigsty at Church Cottage
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Community
Llanfair
Town
Locality
St Hilary
Easting
301586
Northing
173278
Street Side
Location
Located to the W of Church Cottage, set within its garden, immediately to the W of the parish church of St Hilary and to the S of the Bush Inn.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
Exterior
A typical conical Glamorgan pigsty of circular plan. Probably of C19 date. Limestone rubble construction with conical roof rising to approximately 2m in height. Remains of pig pen still evident with stile to the W set within low rubble wall. Bisected by a small flight of steps leading from front of house to rear with feeding trough set to the E of the sty with trough against the flank wall of the house.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed grade II as a rare surviving example of a traditional Glamorgan pigsty.
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