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
9099
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
16/03/1992  
Date of Amendment
16/03/1992  
Name of Property
Farm Range at Gwernaffel Farm  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Powys  
Community
Whitton  
Town
 
Locality
Gwernaffel  
Easting
326765  
Northing
270600  
Street Side
 
Location
Lies about 100 yds north east of Gwernaffel Farmhouse, formerly part of planned courtyard lay-out.  

Description


Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence  
Period
 

History
 

Exterior
9099 C18 long range, sited down the slope incorporating a two-bay barn and lean-to feed store, and cowhouses and stable with loft over. Coursed rubble blocks with slit ventilators, the central cowhouse loft weatherboarded, tin roof, plank doors and shutters. Right hand rear has single storey loose boxes under catslide roof. Interior: Retains original stalling, mangers and hay-racks. Tie beam trusses with diagonal braces at feed store end. Heavy timber-framed partitions at first floor level over the cowhouses with collar beam trusses with queen and princess posts. Stable loft has king-post trusses. Trenched purlins and pegged joints throughout. Included as a good and unspoilt example of a late vernacular composite farm range. The "barn" end would also have been used for lambing/shearing and the storage of fleeces. Group value with farmhouse..  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
 

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