Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
05/02/1998
Date of Amendment
05/02/1998
Name of Property
Barn at Wern-gochlyn Farm
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Llantilio Pertholey
Location
About 30m west of Wern-gochlyn Farmhouse.
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
History
A large threshing barn dating probably from the C17 and re-roofed in the late C19.
Exterior
Roughly coursed red/grey sandstone rubble with Welsh slate roof. Central opposed doors with two long slit vents to the left and three in two tiers to the right for the hay tallet. Three tiers of vents in the left gable and four in the lower right gable. Gable verges.
Interior
A probably seven bay barn originally but given a nine bay roof in the late C19. Paved central threshing floor. Eight sawn king-post trusses with iron straps, three tiers of staggered purlins and ridge piece.
Reason for designation
Included as a large, probably C17, barn with a fine late C19 roof. It has group value with Wern-gochlyn Farmhouse.
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