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
24642
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
31/01/2001  
Date of Amendment
31/01/2001  
Name of Property
Barn Range at Ty'n-y-Ddol  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Gwynedd  
Community
Llandderfel  
Town
 
Locality
Llandderfel  
Easting
297822  
Northing
336338  
Street Side
W  
Location
Located immediately SW of the house, closing a farmyard on the western side.  

Description


Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence  
Period
 

History
Barn and cart block built c1815 by John Davies, Calvinistic Methodistic leader, as part of a home farm complex to serve his nearby house of Fronheulog.  

Exterior
Rectangular barn with low adjoining carthouse set back to the R (N). Of rubble construction with slate roof. The E (farmyard-facing) side has a central entrance to the barn, with fragmentary pegged doorframe and slate lintel. Flanking this are square upper lights to each side, under the eaves; frames, unglazed. Ventilators to the lower level and rows of incorporated nesting niches for doves) under the eaves to L and R. The rear has an opposing entrance with boarded door; open upper loading bay to the S gable end, and a wide C20 opening with concrete lintel to the N gable end. The carthouse is a single-storey 2-bay structure with rubble gable ends and a central rubble pier; slate roof.  

Interior
The barn is of 4 bays with original pegged king post trusses. Flagged central threshing floor.  

Reason for designation
Listed as an early C19 barn and carthouse retaining good original character as part of this interesting group. Group value with other listed items at Ty'n-y-Ddol.  

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