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
20659
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
21/10/1998
Date of Amendment
21/10/1998
Name of Property
Wall N of Tretower Court Barn
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Llanfihangel Cwmdu with Bwlch and Cathedine
Town
Locality
Tretower
Easting
318623
Northing
221231
Street Side
Location
On E side of minor road through Tretower immediately N of Tretower Court Barn.
Description
Broad Class
Miscellaneous
Period
History
Built probably c1480 when Sir Thomas Vaughan added the gatehouse and curtain wall to Tretower Court. The wall was part of a long range built opposite Thomas Vaughan's entrance to Tretower Court, which survives in a shortened form as Tretower Court Barn. The range perhaps comprised a dwelling for retainers and stables. At the N end of the original building a wall, embattled and incorporating a main gateway and a postern, spanned the road and linked with a boundary wall on the opposite side.
Exterior
Rubble sandstone wall approximately 12m long, 2m high and 0.8m thick. One tall narrow breather has a splayed reveal.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for group value with Tretower Court, a medieval house of national importance.
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