Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
10/09/1982
Date of Amendment
16/12/2004
Name of Property
Circular Pigsty to north of Downs Farm
Unitary Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Town
Cowbridge / Y Bont-Faen
Location
About 30m north of Downs Farmhouse.
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
History
Probably later C18 and contemporary with the farmhouse (qv). It is, however, not shown on the 1840 Tithe map, but is perhaps too minor a building. A larger example can be seen at the Museum of Welsh Life, St. Fagans.
Exterior
Cylindrical stone pigsty with crowning conical roof of stone, the exterior of the cone now cemented. Square-headed entry on north-east side. Partly covered with plant growth on north side. Probable former stone enclosure and trough no longer extant (see RCAHMW).
Interior
The roof internally of 'cave-work' or corbelled construction.
Reason for designation
Included as a well preserved example of a corbelled construction outbuilding, using an ancient building technique.
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