Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
20659
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
21/10/1998
Date of Amendment
21/10/1998
Name of Property
Wall N of Tretower Court Barn
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Llanfihangel Cwmdu with Bwlch and Cathedine
Town
Locality
Tretower
Easting
318623
Northing
221231
Street Side
Location
On E side of minor road through Tretower immediately N of Tretower Court Barn.
Description
Broad Class
Miscellaneous
Period
History
Built probably c1480 when Sir Thomas Vaughan added the gatehouse and curtain wall to Tretower Court. The wall was part of a long range built opposite Thomas Vaughan's entrance to Tretower Court, which survives in a shortened form as Tretower Court Barn. The range perhaps comprised a dwelling for retainers and stables. At the N end of the original building a wall, embattled and incorporating a main gateway and a postern, spanned the road and linked with a boundary wall on the opposite side.
Exterior
Rubble sandstone wall approximately 12m long, 2m high and 0.8m thick. One tall narrow breather has a splayed reveal.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for group value with Tretower Court, a medieval house of national importance.
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