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
21191
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
17/12/1998
Date of Amendment
Name of Property
Barn to N of The Tower
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Talybont-on-Usk
Town
Locality
Scethrog
Easting
310505
Northing
225010
Street Side
Location
Just off the S side of the main Abergavenny Brecon Road (A40), the gable end fronting the track leading down to The Tower and the River Usk.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
Probably late C16/early C17 , with early C19 additions. Probably related to late C16 remodelling of The Tower nearby to S.
Exterior
Large 7 bay barn of stone rubble with steep pitched corrugated roof. Lean-to of stone on S side; small rectangular openings under timber lintels to left (W), extended to right (E) with stone piers forming 7 open bays. Enclosed by corrugated cowshed on N side; this has larger rectangular openings to loft and ground floor doorways with boarded doors under timber lintels. Stone steps to loft at W end with projecting timbers from a former hood above; overgrown loft opening above; door to outshut ground floor right.
Interior
Barn is lofted at W end with a ladder to a second storey loft in corner: formerly plastered, chamfered cross beams and timber partition. Collar and tie trusses and 3 rows of trenched purlins to roof. Openings to right have sharp arises.
Reason for designation
Listed as a fine sub-medieval barn retaining most of its historic fabric.
Group value with The Tower.
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