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
83111
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
03/09/2004
Date of Amendment
03/09/2004
Name of Property
Barn at West Aberthaw Farm
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Community
St. Athan
Town
Barry
Locality
West Aberthaw
Easting
302302
Northing
166840
Street Side
Location
A part of the farmyard group about 50m west of West Aberthaw Farmhouse.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
Early/mid C19 hay barn with some alteration for storage of grain etc. It seems to be shown on the Tithe Map of 1839.
Exterior
The building is constructed of roughly coursed local lias limestone rubble with dressed quoins, Welsh slate roof. Small rectangular gabled barn converted to mixed use. The main elevation is on the north and has central cart doors with, to the left, a slit vent below a hayloft door and, to the right, a door and window below a hayloft door. The south elevation has opposed cart doors.
Interior
Timber tallet for hayloft. Roof of machined king post trusses and staggered purlins.
Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as a part of a very complete C19 Vale farmstead group.
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