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
83588
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/01/2005
Date of Amendment
31/01/2005
Name of Property
Pigsty at Ty'n-y-wern
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llangywer
Town
Locality
Rhos-y-gwaliau
Easting
294403
Northing
335014
Street Side
Location
Aligned with the former cow - house (known as Old Ty'n-y-wern).
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
Early-mid nineteenth century pigsty, perhaps contemporary with the secondary house, and the conversion of the original dwelling into a cow-house. Now disused.
Exterior
Small pigsty range. Rubble stone with slate roofs; cast-iron roof lights in rear slope. Single storey building range, with enclosed yard to front. 3 sties, each with doorway with boarded door. Enclosed yard retains two openings into pens, slab floors and remains of dividing walls.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a well-preserved C19 pigsty, of immediate group value with the former cow-house, and forming part of a larger group of buildings at Ty'n y wern.
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