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.
Date of Designation
19/06/1990
Date of Amendment
19/06/1990
Name of Property
Barn at Dref Cerrig Farm
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Location
Adjacent to and in line with the farmhouse located at the end of a track shared with Tyddyn Ednyfed up the Arran Valley road.
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
History
Early Cl7 four-bay cruck barn.
Exterior
Rubble masonry. Steeply pitched slate roof, large glazed panels let into front pitch, plain eaves, close verges. Opposed barn doors set over to right, opening to rear walled up. Plank door to front, timber lintel. Single ventilation slits to front and rear of each bay. Similar to left end with later, Cl9?, pitching door over.
3 cruck trusses partly set into walls. Through purlin, collar-and-tie beam raised full crucks, bow blades tenoned with collared yokes. Original purlins and most rafters. Flagstone floor.
A rare survival of an intact early agricultural building contemporary with its farmhouse.
Reason for designation
Group value with farmhouse.
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