Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
16262
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
02/08/1995
Date of Amendment
02/08/1995
Name of Property
cow-shed at Cefn-Coed Mawr
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Cynwyl Gaeo
Town
Locality
Pumpsaint
Easting
266439
Northing
241488
Street Side
Location
Farm on W side of Cothi Valley, situated off lane leading from Pumpsaint village to Allt Cwm-cyfiog, N of Dolaucothi Home Farm. Cowshed on S side of yard fronting farmhouse.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
Early C19 cowshed with integral lofted stable. Late C19 extensions and reroofing. Present farm arrangement shown on 1830 Ordnance Survey. 1841 owner, William Davys Harries: occupier, John Jones. Still in original use.
Exterior
Long whitewashed rubble-built single-storey cow-shed with integral lofted stable to E (downslope) end. Slate roof and slated barges. Eight-bay front: the two right-hand bays are later and have a lower roofline. Seven doorways to left, cambered stone voussoired heads, planked doors (the right-hand two are divided): the second and fourth from left blocked with 6-pane windows inserted. Six-pane window to right, head as above. Rubble left end, 2-light gable window, cast iron latticed glazing, head as above. Modified right end with small rubble pig-sties set back to right. Extensive C20 farm buildings to rear.
Interior
Late C19 collarbeam roof, iron cramps. Loft over stable.
Reason for designation
Group value with farmhouse and barn range, the whole forming a good representative example of an unspoilt upland farmstead.
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