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
2088
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/11/1953
Date of Amendment
Name of Property
Barn at Troy House Farm
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Monmouth
Town
Monmouth
Locality
Mitchel Troy
Easting
350911
Northing
211280
Street Side
S
Location
About 50m S of Troy House, beside a farm track off the S side of a bend in the road about 1.5km S of Monmouth.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
Probably a late C18 or early C19 rebuild of an earlier timber-framed structure.
Exterior
Barn and lofted stable/coach-house in one range. Built of random sandstone rubble incorporating some fabric of an earlier timber-framed structure; the E gable rebuilt in red brick; slate roof, except for part of the S slope which is corrugated asbestos sheet. Rectangular plan on E-W axis facing N, the barn of 5 structural bays and the stable 2 bays at its E end. The barn portion has opposed wagon doorways in the centre, that in the N elevation very tall, breaking through the eaves. The walls to left and right have plinths about 1m high, on each of which is a heavy but weathered oak sill on which stand 4 wall-posts recessed in the masonry, defining the 1st and 5th bays. Each bay of the N front has 2 slit breathers to the lower half of the wall and 1 in the upper, forming a triangular pattern, all now blocked internally. The S wall has slit breathers on only one level, similarly blocked.
The stable/coach-house at the E end now has a sliding garage door to the 1st bay, a segmental-headed stable door to the 2nd bay, and a segmental-headed loft doorway in the centre above these, flanked by a pair of slit breathers (not blocked).
Interior
The barn portion has internal stone piers to the S wall at the junctions of the bays, and king-post roof trusses with fishbone struts: the king-posts bolted to the tie beams and the other members pegged, with carpenter's marks. Similar trusses occupy both the W gable and the junction with the stable/coach-house portion.
Reason for designation
Listed as a fine example of a large barn and for its associations with Troy House.
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