Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
20891
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/11/1998
Date of Amendment
19/11/1998
Name of Property
Byre at Penygilfach
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
The Vale of Grwyney
Town
Locality
Penygilfach
Easting
324631
Northing
219023
Street Side
Location
On NE side and facing the farm yard.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
Erected 1870s after Andrew Doyle had purchased the Pendarren Estate, to which Penygilfach belonged. New buildings erected at Penygilfach included stables, cart shed and cow houses, in addition to earlier buildings at the farm, some of which were improved. The new buildings were in a characteristic estate style of snecked masonry and tile roofs. Penygilfach is said to have been occupied by the manager of the farms on the Pendarren Estate.
Exterior
Of snecked sandstone with bigger quoins, and tile roof. To the yard are 3 wide segmental-headed doorways with rebates and boarded doors. Above are 2 equally-placed dormers with 4-pane windows pivoting centrally. The L gable end has a boarded door to L under a segmental head. Set back to R is a lower projection with 2 boarded doors and adjacent windows.
Interior
Not inspected at time of survey (December 1997).
Reason for designation
Included for group value with Penygilfach farmhouse.
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