Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
24886
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
26/02/2001
Date of Amendment
26/02/2001
Name of Property
Pig Sty at Berthlwyd Farm
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Rhondda Cynon Taff
Community
Pontypridd
Town
Pontypridd
Locality
Berthlwyd
Easting
307844
Northing
188043
Street Side
Location
In the centre of the farm yard on the E side of the house. Berthlwyd Farm is an upland farm S of Treforest, reached by farm road on the E side of a minor road from Pontypridd to Church Village.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
Exterior
A round corbelled pigsty of c1800, with rubble-stone walls and conical slab roof covered with render leading to a flat cap. It has a single opening under a slab lintel. A drystone former field wall is attached on the E side, while the rounded pen wall is rebuilt and was originally straight.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as one of the few surviving corbelled pigsties in Glamorgan, a venerable type of construction once common in the region.
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