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
20333
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
21/08/1998
Date of Amendment
21/08/1998
Name of Property
Byre at Upper Penllanafal
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Llangors
Town
Locality
Penllanafal
Easting
315607
Northing
229554
Street Side
Location
Stands NE of Llangors on high ground on S side of the lane leading towards the mountains, adjacent to the farmhouse and near NE community boundary.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
Probably C17 and so maybe contemporary with the farmhouse for which Jones and Smith gave a C16-C17 date.
Exterior
Probably built as a combined byre and granary. Of limewashed rubble with corrugated roof, W gable also corrugated, a probable replacement for timber weatherboarding; boulder footings and battered. Ground floor of W gable end has 3 doorways, the centre a segmental arch and at sides 2 square heads with hoodmoulds, boarded doors; above a line of weathercoursing possibly for a former pentice. Roadside elevation has one ventilation slit, gabled loft opening with stone band beneath; stable door end left. Gable end facing mountain has a pitching door to loft.
Interior
Interior retains chamfered spine beams, byre stalls at upper end.
Reason for designation
Listed together with the Barn at Upper Penllanafal as a fine pair of early farm buildings.
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