Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
15/10/1997
Date of Amendment
15/10/1997
Name of Property
Barn at Penlan Fach
Unitary Authority
Ceredigion
Location
Situated to W of Penlan Fach, approximately 500m SW off the minor road some 2.5km S of Capel Penuwch.
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
History
Earlier C19 stone and cob barn and stable range.
Exterior
Long barn and lofted stable. Lower part of walls, up to just above stable door lintel level, of rubble stone and the upper part of cob or clom, the cob formerly whitewashed. Slate roof. Gable ends of corrugated iron. Full height double doors with timber lintel centre left. Small 4-pane window with timber lintel to left. Three doors with timber lintels to right, two with stable doors and the third with boarded door. Single windows to right end and rear.
Interior
Whitewashed walls. Eight bay roof of oak pegged collar trusses. Rest of roof C20. Large oak beam at half wall height towards either end. Most of interior divided into stables.
Reason for designation
Listed as a very rare example of a large barn constructed of rubble stone and cob.
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