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
80987
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
13/03/2003
Date of Amendment
13/03/2003
Name of Property
Circular pigsty at Pen-yr-esgym
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Neath Port Talbot
Community
Pontardawe
Town
Swansea
Locality
Mynydd Carnllechart
Easting
268097
Northing
208370
Street Side
Location
Situated in remote location at the site of the former Pen-yr-esgym Farm some 6km NW of the centre of Pontardawe.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
Late C18 or early C19 corbelled pigsty. The date range for this style of pigsty in Glamorgan is uncertain, but they are noted as early as 1796 by travellers and the latest dated example is 1856 in Gwent.
Exterior
Circular corbelled pigsty, rough rubble stone with grouted domed roof. Some 3m external diameter and approximately 2m high. Dressed stone slab lintel and jambs to low animal entry to W.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a very rare and unusual example of a disappearing building type using an ancient form of construction.
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