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
2863
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
27/02/1992
Date of Amendment
19/10/2000
Name of Property
Barn and attached Byre at Newhouse Farm
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Skenfrith
Town
Abergavenny
Locality
Llanvetherine
Easting
336675
Northing
216392
Street Side
Location
Farm range adjoining roadside some 50m SE of Newhouse Farmhouse, located on SW side of minor road that runs between Llanvetherine and Llantilio Crossenny, approximately 1km S of Llanvetherine.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
A probably late C17 corn barn with C19 byre added to W gable.
Exterior
Rubble stone with corrugated metal roof. Substantial C17 barn has wide centre doorways to former threshing floor; doorway to roadside is blocked. Tall slit vents to walls, with triangular vent in gable head. Attached Byre has shallower pitch to roof and vent slits in long walls. Roadside front, ground floor (left) has doorway and square window opening. Opposing side faces farmyard and has external stone stair to upper loft. NW gable head has horizontal wooden ledge of pigeon nesting-holes under overhanging verge; on first floor is a boarded door with segmental arch to loft; and on ground floor two cart shed doorways with brick voussoirs (partly blocked). Further byre attached downhill, at SE end of barn.
Interior
Barn of 6 bays. Trusses have tie beams with raking queen struts, except centre truss (possibly re-used) which has a tie beam and three posts under the collar, and raking struts above. Three tiers of trenched purlins. Byre retains loft and early C19 roof trusses with bolted collars; C20 conversion to milking parlour.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with the farmhouse and the listed farm buildings at Newhouse.
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