Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
18795
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
11/08/1997
Date of Amendment
11/08/1997
Name of Property
Cowhouse Range at Llawhaden House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Community
Llawhaden
Town
Locality
Llawhaden Village
Easting
206934
Northing
217417
Street Side
Location
In the farmyard of Llawhaden House, about 50 m W of the dovecote, forming the N and E sides of a yard of which the milking shed forms the S.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
Probably early C19. The building appears on the 1839 Tithe Plan.
Exterior
An L-shaped range, single storey, built in rubble masonry which in places is informally brought to courses. Larger stones are selected for the quoins. Slate roof with tile ridges, partly replaced by tiles. The E/W wing faces S and the N/S wing faces W. At the W of the E/W wing there are three cart-sheds, but the remainder of the building consists of cow or calf sheds. There are ventilators or small windows on all sides.
Doors facing S and W are boarded, with ventilation gaps between door and frame. Flat brick arches above. Slit ventilators at intervals and two small openings.
The three cart-shed arches are semi-elliptical, bearing on square stone piers. Each stone arch is backed up by a massive oak beam carved to the same elliptical shape.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for Group Value with Llawhaden House and as part of a complete C19 farmstead.
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