Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
22006
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
20/07/1999
Date of Amendment
20/07/1999
Name of Property
Cowhouse at Ysgubor-fawr
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llanaelhaearn
Town
Caernarfon
Locality
Ysgubor-fawr
Easting
243528
Northing
344708
Street Side
Location
Ysgubor-fawr lies at the E extermity of the community, reached from the road running N-S east of Bwlch Mawr. The cowhouse lies parallel to and behind the farmhouse, separated by the stock yard.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
Probably built in the C18 or early C19 as part of the small remote farmstead.
Exterior
The cowhouse is a simple rectangular building of rubble stonework on boulder footings, the walls splayed out at the base. The original roof of slate or straw is now replaced with corrugated iron. Gable entrance raised on a stone revetted ramp at the E end, with a small vent opening above, and a secondary entrance into the stock yard at the W end. It has a 2-bay corrugated iron lean-to feed store on the N side. One opening in the W end with a raised sill and a later window added above.
Interior
The interior is of four roof bays, principal rafter and tie trusses. It has a cobbled floor with the central walkway kerbed and slightly lowered. Four short timber stall divisions one one side, and a stone slab on the N side. At the W end, two calf pens, each with a manger, the partitions supported by a further standing stone.
Reason for designation
Included as of special interest as an early and unaltered cowhouse, part of the group of well preserved farmstead at Ysgubor-fawr.
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