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
19742
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
23/04/1998
Date of Amendment
23/04/1998
Name of Property
Barn at Plas Coch
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Isle of Anglesey
Community
Llanddaniel Fab
Town
Locality
Plas Coch Estate
Easting
251156
Northing
368320
Street Side
Location
Located in an enclosed area c200m S of Plas Coch, on the edge of rolling parkland.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
Probably C17, based on the evidence of the roof trusses and general design.
Exterior
Large 8-bay threshing barn of red gritstone and sandstone with crow-stepped gables and rough limestone coping. Wide centrally-placed opposed doors with massive jambstones and segmental stone arch heads, with a smaller door either side on the E side. Ventilation slits in-filled. Range of dove-holes along eaves at S end of E wall.
Interior
Original queen post trusses with raking struts, of which 5 of the original 7 remain, some with tie-beams or struts missing.
Reason for designation
Listed, notwithstanding condition, as a fine C17 threshing barn retaining most of its original queen post roof trusses. Also for group value with the house.
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