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
1872
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
20/11/1989
Date of Amendment
27/07/2000
Name of Property
Barn Range at Beiliau Farm including forecourt walls
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Llanelly
Town
Locality
Gilwern
Easting
325057
Northing
215258
Street Side
Location
Beiliau is located on the N side of the by-road leading from Upper Common to the Abergavenny Road. House set at far end of farmyard, facing road, with barn at right angles to W. Large walled forecourt to E side of barn, facing farmyard.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
Early C19. Marked on 1847 Tithe Map as owned by Rev. Richard Payne Davies, and occupied by John Williams, the land extending to 87 acres (35 hectares).
Exterior
Rubble construction, corrugated asbestos roof. E elevation has high doors to right, and pedestrian boarded door to centre, with two loops between. Small loop to first floor left of centre, similar loop to ground floor near left end. Lower single storey short range to left, with window to left. Rear (W) elevation of barn has two high doorways corresponding to the doors on the E side; corrugated iron sheeted doors. Paired loops between doors, also to left of left-hand doors. Single loop at right end, beyond which is a straight joint for later C19 three-bay stable (joint not evident on E side). Stable has three brick camber-headed doors to ground floor with boarded doors; pitching door above. To right, single storey range has wide opening to left, and door to right.
On E side of barn is large walled enclosure, once used as a garden, but possibly originally a rickyard. Walls abut barn to left of high door, and return E to follow N-S line of driveway into yard. To S, walls extend beyond line of barn range to follow line of by-road, before returning to meet SW corner of range.
Interior
Nine-bay interior to barn with king-post trusses, diagonal struts and overlapping purlins. Threshing floor between N pair of doors.
Reason for designation
Group value with Beiliau Farmhouse.
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