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.
Date of Designation
29/11/1995
Date of Amendment
29/11/1995
Name of Property
Cowshed at Troedrhiwbeynon
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Location
Situated on S side of Gwenffrwd valley on road from Rhandirmwyn to Cwrtycadno, some 1.5 km NW of Rhandirmwyn Bridge.
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
History
Mid C19 farmhouse typical of steep upland valleys of northern part of Cilycwm C area. A house is marked on site on 1845 Tithe Map, owned by the Earl of Cawdor and occupied by David Jones, with 62 acres. This house could have been rebuilt slightly later.
Exterior
Rubble stone with slate roof, and roughcast end wall stacks. Two-storey, three-window N front, offset to right. Hornless 12-pane sashes with 4-panel door and margin-glazed overlight. Stone voussoirs. Rendered W end wall, rubble stone E end. Cowshed attached to W is whitewashed with slate roof, four doors and one window with cambered stone-voussoir heads.
Reason for designation
Included as a well preserved and representative example of the farmhouses of the small upland farms of this valley and the next valley to N.
Group Description
Troedrhiwbeynon and cowshed
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