4188

 

II  

Designated  

26/08/1992  

22/09/1997  

Farmyard range to SE of Long Barn  

 

Gwynedd  

Pentir  

Bangor  

Vaynol Park  

253818  

369637  

NW  

The range of farm buildings is at right angles to the SE of the Long Barn, and forms the easternmost of 3 parallel ranges which make 2 narrow gated farmyards aligned N-S.  

Agriculture and Subsistence  

 

An extensive model farm was begun by the Assheton-Smith family in the later C19 using the wealth created by the Dinorwic Slate Quarries. This enabled them to carry out continual improvements to farming practice on the Vaynol Estate. The three ranges S of the Long Barn appear later than those to the N.  

Built of rock-faced stone with a slate roof. Single storey animal accommodation with stores. Voussoirs and keystones to windows and door openings; the former boarded above and louvred, and with ventilation slots above the doorway at the right end. Broad central waggon entrance. The N gable end has rectangular louvred loft opening over a boarded door with a raised sill. Gabled louvred ventilators on the roof, skylights and a chimney at the S end.  

 

Included for group value with the neighbouring listed items as part of the important and well preserved model farm complex of the late C19 at Vaynol Farm.