Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Date of Designation
28/05/1999
Date of Amendment
28/05/1999
Name of Property
Hay Barn to east of Ty-hen
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Location
Located on the west side of the A 499 to the west of the main farmstead group at Ty-hen.
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
History
Not shown on the 1839 Tithe Map, the hay barn is a mid-C19 structure, part of the remodelling of the farmstead at Ty-hen carried out by the Newborough Estate after c1850.
Exterior
Hay barn. 4-bay rectangular structure, aligned roughly east-west, originally open on both long sides but now closed in with timber boarding on south side. Irregularly coursed rubblestone with red brick dressings to gable ends, the 3 other piers to each long side of square section and entirely of brick; shallow-pitched tin sheeting roof has replaced original slate. East gable end has wide opening with timber lintel and segmental brick relieving arch to ground floor and square pitching opening directly above.
Interior
Interior not accessible at time of Survey.
Reason for designation
Included as a well-preserved and prominently located hay barn forming part of the essentially mid-C19 planned farmstead at Ty-hen.
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