Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
19/07/2000
Date of Amendment
19/07/2000
Name of Property
Village Pound
Unitary Authority
Swansea
Location
At the side of a lane at the centre of Lunnon, behind Big House Farmhouse.
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
History
Possibly contemporary with Big House Farmhouse of c1700, to the farmyard entrance of which it is adjacent. Marked as 'pound' on the 1877 map.
Exterior
A small animal pound in coursed axe-dressed local limestone, approximately oval in plan with a gateway at the north end. The walls of the pound are about 1½m. high. Simple iron gate.
Reason for designation
Included as a rare and well preserved village pound for the retention of stray animals.
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