Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
26498
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/04/2002
Date of Amendment
30/04/2002
Name of Property
West farmyard range at Bryn-rhos
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Swansea
Community
Penllergaer
Town
Swansea
Locality
Penllergaer
Easting
262046
Northing
197727
Street Side
E
Location
Situated on the W side of the farmyard at Bryn-rhos, just E of the A483 some 1.7 km S of junction 47 on the M4 motorway.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
Earlier to mid C19 outbuilding, one of 3 around the farm courtyard at Bryn-rhos, a Penllergare estate farm. All originally were whitewashed and had hipped roofs, replaced with gabled roofs in late C19 probably. This range had stable to left and barn to right.
Exterior
Outbuilding, rubble stone with C20 tin-steel roof, stable to left has door between two windows, barn to right has broad opening between 2 vent loops. Openings all have cambered heads with stone voussoirs. Stable windows have been blocked in C20. S end wall has blocked unusual dovecote with round opening in centre within a ring of raised stone, and 6 blocked small openings with shelf below positioned around in hexagon. End gables are added, difference in stonework. Rear has blocked cart-entry to barn to left with vent loop each side. Corrugated-iron lean-to to right.
Interior
Interior not available for inspection.
Reason for designation
Included as part of a little-altered C19 estate farm group, a very rare survival in the region.
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