20680

 

II  

Designated  

21/10/1998  

21/10/1998  

Barn at Hendreforwydd  

 

Powys  

Llangattock  

 

Hendreforwydd  

318859  

219198  

 

Located at the end of a track 0.5km long, which leads SW from the B4558 Llangattock to Llangynidr road. The barn is set into a steep slope with the cowhouse and stable to E and farmhouse to NW.  

Agriculture and Subsistence  

 

Probably late C17 and possibly contemporary with the conversion of the downhill part of the farmhouse. The plan, with its opposing entrances, is typical of a corn barn of this period, used for storage and threshing.  

Four-bay barn, with off-centre barn doors, reaching up a ramp on the W side. Rubble masonry with steeply pitched slate roof. Almost full height openings with planked double doors and timber lintels. To the L of the W entrance is a small window with a timber lintel, stone sill and a stone dripmould, which may originally have had timber mullions. Opposite, in the E wall is a blocked doorway. The downhill gable end has a window lighting the loft with diamond timber mullions. A later range, now converted to a stable, is attached to the R end of the front. It is end-entry with red brick dressings, while the ventilation slit of the barn can be seen behind.  

The N bay contains a high loft. It is planked and supported on round posts. Collar truss roof. Stone threshing floor.  

Included for group value with Hendreforwydd as a surviving contemporary farm building.