Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
29/01/1998
Date of Amendment
29/01/1998
Name of Property
Barn at NGR 32936 22001
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Location
Up the track leading to Upper Bettws Farm off the road between Bettws and Forest Coal Pit.
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
History
A roadside barn dated 1831 and inscribed with name of the builder.
Exterior
Squared grey sandstone rubble with carefully cut quoins, metal sheeting roof of low pitch showing that it was originally Welsh slate. Barn lengthways to road with central timber cart doors, the flanking walls have two tiers of slit vents. The left gable has a taking-in door to the hayloft with slit vents below showing that there was a tallet within. The right hand gable has two tiers of slit vents. In the apex of this gable is an inscribed stone 'This building erected by John Morgan Esq. MDCCCXXXI'. The rear elevation was not seen at resurvey (May 1997).
Interior
Interior not available at the time of resurvey (May 1997).
Reason for designation
Included as a rare example of a dated early/mid C19 barn.
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