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
18864
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
03/09/1997
Date of Amendment
17/02/2003
Name of Property
Barn Range at Aberfan Fawr Farmhouse
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Merthyr Tydfil
Community
Merthyr Vale
Town
Merthyr Tydfil
Locality
Aberfan
Easting
307384
Northing
199173
Street Side
Location
Parallel and opposite (to N) of Aberfan Fawr Farmhouse
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
Barn and byre range under single roof, possibly mid C18 altered in C19.
Exterior
Barn and lofted byre, rubble stone, single roof, corrugated iron on N side, slate on S. Barn to left has full-height double doors with timber lintel under eaves. Byre to right (continuous stonework) has 4 small square loft windows, ground floor door to left with pine lintel. Older door under second loft window with lower head and oak lintel, now window, and another oak lintel apparently of door set very low between third and fourth upper windows, also now window at ground level. W gable end has loft door with C19 bricks to right jamb. Dripstone over. Rear S has outshut under continuous roof behind byre. Barn E end has long slit opening in gable.
Interior
Interior not inspected, in 1997 said to have altered 3-bay cowhouse at upper end and 3-bay barn below, with rough roof-trusses with lapped and pegged collars.
Reason for designation
Included as a barn and lofted byre range possibly of the mid C18, rare in the region. Group value with the farmhouse.
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