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
23542
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/07/2000
Date of Amendment
19/07/2000
Name of Property
Village Pound
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Swansea
Community
Ilston
Town
Swansea
Locality
Lunnon
Easting
254713
Northing
189783
Street Side
Location
At the side of a lane at the centre of Lunnon, behind Big House Farmhouse.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
Possibly contemporary with Big House Farmhouse of c1700, to the farmyard entrance of which it is adjacent. Marked as 'pound' on the 1877 map.
Exterior
A small animal pound in coursed axe-dressed local limestone, approximately oval in plan with a gateway at the north end. The walls of the pound are about 1½m. high. Simple iron gate.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a rare and well preserved village pound for the retention of stray animals.
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