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
24159
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/10/2000
Date of Amendment
19/10/2000
Name of Property
Barn at Pen Pye (aka Pen-y-pye)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Grosmont
Town
Abergavenny
Locality
Pen Pye
Easting
339340
Northing
223106
Street Side
Location
Approximately 2 km SW of Grosmont, approached along a long farm track which runs NW off the minor road to Trevyr. The barn lies 30m W of the farmhouse at Pen Pye.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
A late C16 timber framed corn barn, which in the late C17 or early C19 was extended at each end.
Exterior
Substantial barn range. The centre long walls are timber framed in oak, extensions are rubble stone; corrugated metal and stone tile roof. NW front of barn has centre doorways to threshing floor with one boarded door and half doors. To left, timber framing is exposed; to right, walls have horizontal boarding to a height of about 2m with rare-surviving oak stave and lattice panel above. Attached to the end of timber framed barn (on left side) is the barn extension. Second threshing floor has boarded double doors; stone wall (to left) slit ventilators on two levels. Attached to end of timber framed barn (on right side) is lofted cowhouse. Ground floor has two doorways with flat heads and thin timber lintels, one with boarded half doors, the other blocked. SW gable of cowhouse has square boarded door to upper pitching loft and small single-light opening on ground floor.
Interior
Seven bay interior. Former timber framed gable of C16 barn survives to SE. Five tie beam trusses with raking queen struts, and one tie beam truss with queen posts supporting a collar. Two tiers of trenched purlins. Threshing floors have low transverse stone walls on one side. The timber framed walls have jowelled posts with brackets both to tie beams and to wall plate. Box framing is in two tiers with angle braces at sill level.
Reason for designation
Included as an unusual survival of a C17 timber-framed corn barn. Group value with farmhouse at Pen Pye.
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