Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
23213
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
10/04/2000
Date of Amendment
10/04/2000
Name of Property
Cowhouse at Rhiwerfa
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llanfihangel-y-Pennant
Town
Locality
Abertrinant
Easting
265941
Northing
306184
Street Side
Location
Rhiwerfa lies on level ground at high level on the NW side of the narrow valley of the Afon Fathew, and is reached by a steep farm road from the B4405, at Mile 6 from Twywn. The cowhouse is the middle of three parallel buildings.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
The three farm buildings are set parallel with their E gable ends aligned on the farm road. They were probably all built together in the mid C19, with the barn at the N, the cowhouse int he middle, and the shorter carthouse at the S.
Exterior
The cowhouse is built of thin bedded slate rubble with a slate roof, slate clad verge and boarded rafter ends. It is of 4 bays, three with an open front now clad with corrugated iron, and a fourth bay at the road end with a large boarded window, and its original access from the gable end, the opening having a cut slate lintel, now blocked.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as part of a well preserved group of farm buildings planned as a series of parallel ranges, a type of farm layout which is a characteristic feature of this area.
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