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
17494
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
23/05/1996
Date of Amendment
23/05/1996
Name of Property
Covered Dung-pit in Monachty Farmyard
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Ceredigion
Community
Dyffryn Arth
Town
Locality
Monachty/Mynachdy
Easting
250480
Northing
262050
Street Side
Location
Situated freestanding in Monachty farm courtyard.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
Exterior
History: Mid to later C19 roofed farmyard dung-pit.
Description: A sunken pit, stone lined with sloping entry from E. Big slate roof, hipped to W, carried on six red brick piers each side on low red-brick walls (partly lined in rubble stone). Open E end. Two-bay W end. Brickwork is largely renewed on N side. Five-bay roof with bolted collar trusses.
An unusual Victorian farmyard structure, listed for rarity and for group value with the rest of the exceptional group of farmyard buildings at Monachty.
Interior
Reason for designation
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