Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
19456
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
03/03/1998
Date of Amendment
03/03/1998
Name of Property
Barn on Ewenny Down
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Community
Ewenny
Town
Locality
Ewenny
Easting
291016
Northing
176137
Street Side
Location
Near the crest of Ewenny Down, S of Ewenny village and E of Cwm Alun.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
Date c 1780. Believed to have been built as a corn barn and formerly thatched. N/S alignment characteristic of Vale of Glamorgan. Converted to feed store probably in C19 and some openings blocked. Currently used as animal shelter.
Exterior
Small rectangular 5 bay barn. Of stone rubble with dressed stone quoins and voussoirs, remains of lime render; asbestos roof. High on S gable a blocked opening; a second opening remodelled to N with concrete lintel, low doorway NE. Opposing doorways E and W, part blocked to W, have segmental arched voussoirs and timber lintels, boarded doors E; ventilation slits on long walls also blocked to W. Formerly part of a small group of farm buildings with walled enclosure to W.
Interior
Dwarf walls on either side of opposing doorways indicate former threshing area; earth floor throughout. Wall plaster consistent with use for corn. Simple roof trusses comprising principal rafters and collar and two rows of trenched purlins, reinforced.
Reason for designation
Included as a mainly intact Vale of Glamorgan C18 field barn for storing corn.
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