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.
Date of Designation
19/03/1999
Date of Amendment
31/01/2001
Name of Property
Barn and cowshed at The Rock Farm
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Location
Situated across S end and E side of farmyard at The Rock.
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
History
Barn probably late C18 with low attached ranges probably late C18 or early C19, and later C19.
Exterior
Barn aligned E-W, and attached single storey range at right angles running N. Whitewashed rubble stone barn with slate and corrugated iron roof, full-height threshing doors to right of centre, smaller door to left, and single ventilation slits each side. Two tiers of dove holes in W gable end. To E, added slightly lower lofted range with outside stone steps up to doorway to first floor extreme right. Left side is obscured by end of a long single-storey cowhouse range running N. The first part is whitewashed stone with pantile roof, door to right and cambered-headed window left. Then it was extended N by an equal amount in whitewashed brick with Bridgewater tiles to roof. Lean-tos of different dates on rear walls.
Interior
Interior not available for inspection at time of resurvey (December 1999)
Reason for designation
Included as part of a traditional farmyard group of farmhouse, stable, barn, lofted granary and cow-houses.
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