15658

 

II  

Designated  

20/12/1994  

29/01/1998  

Barn at Ty-Hwnt-y-Bwlch Farm  

 

Monmouthshire  

Crucorney  

Abergavenny  

Cwmyoy  

330304  

223962  

 

Set into the steep slope to north-east and downhill from Ty Hwnt-y-Bwlch Farmhouse. The farm lies approximately 1km uphill from Cwmyoy Church on the eastern slopes of the Vale of Ewyas; reached via a track from Penywern farm.  

Agriculture and Subsistence  

 

History: Dated 1720 with initials J W. but reuses earlier material, perhaps from the C16/C17 house.  

Substantial roughly squared rubblestone barn with corrugated asbestos sheet roof. South-west side has offset porch with boarded doors and is unusual for retaining its cobbled ramp entrance. Flanked by slit ventilators. Timber lintel to low-set door into cow-byre at south-east corner; fine 8-light (reused) diamond-mullioned window on gable end with three tiers of slit ventilators above. The barn is set into the hillside and this gable is the down hill end with an understorey.  

4-bays with queen strut trusses and through purlins. Threshing bay towards downhill end with vertically set flags to the edge. Cow-byre to downhill end.  

Listed for its special interest as a well-preserved barn dated 1720. Group value with Ty-Hwnt-y-Bwlch Farmhouse and Stables.