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
83406
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
21/12/2004
Date of Amendment
21/12/2004
Name of Property
Pigsty at Ty-draw
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Community
Welsh St. Donats
Town
Cowbridge
Locality
Welsh St Donats
Easting
304360
Northing
175343
Street Side
Location
In the south-east corner of the Community in the yard at Ty-draw Farm.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
Considered by RCAHMW to date from the C18, but it is most likely to be from the end of the century.
Exterior
Built of local limestone rubble. Circular in plan with a carefully constructed corbelled stone roof finishing in a knob. There is a narrow opening halfway up the dome to provide ventilation and a low doorway into the rectangular walled pen which itself has a narrow gate.
Interior
The interior has not been altered since it was in use.
Reason for designation
Included for its special historic interest as one of the rare surviving corbelled roof pigsties of South Wales.
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