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
19283
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/01/1998
Date of Amendment
29/01/1998
Name of Property
Barn at NGR 32936 22001
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Crucorney
Town
Abergavenny
Locality
Bettws
Easting
329369
Northing
220008
Street Side
Location
Up the track leading to Upper Bettws Farm off the road between Bettws and Forest Coal Pit.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
A roadside barn dated 1831 and inscribed with name of the builder.
Exterior
Squared grey sandstone rubble with carefully cut quoins, metal sheeting roof of low pitch showing that it was originally Welsh slate. Barn lengthways to road with central timber cart doors, the flanking walls have two tiers of slit vents. The left gable has a taking-in door to the hayloft with slit vents below showing that there was a tallet within. The right hand gable has two tiers of slit vents. In the apex of this gable is an inscribed stone 'This building erected by John Morgan Esq. MDCCCXXXI'. The rear elevation was not seen at resurvey (May 1997).
Interior
Interior not available at the time of resurvey (May 1997).
Reason for designation
Included as a rare example of a dated early/mid C19 barn.
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