Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
26783
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/07/2002
Date of Amendment
19/07/2002
Name of Property
Barn, cart shed and granary at Plas Cerrig Farm
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Caerwys
Town
Locality
Plas Cerrig
Easting
312820
Northing
374793
Street Side
Location
On the NW side of the farmhouse.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
Built in 1864 with the cow shed opposite and shown on the 1871 Ordnance Survey.
Exterior
A rubble-stone farm building with rock-faced quoins and dressings and slate roof behind coped gables on moulded kneelers. Aligned N-S, the cart shed, with granary above, is at the S end, the barn at the N end. Openings have arched heads with keystones. Facing the yard on the E side, the 2-bay cart shed has elliptical arches, and a segmental-headed doorway with boarded door to the R. In the granary above are 3 segmental-headed openings, the central retaining its boarded door, the outer with added glazing. The barn has a segmental-headed doorway with boarded door, to the L of which are 2 tiers of ventilation strips (partly infilled), and with a boarded doorway upper R. The S gable end has external stone steps to a segmental-headed boarded door to the granary. The barn has a doorway at the rear similar to the front, to the L of which is an added lean-to. To the R of centre are 4 loft openings similar to the front, and a segmental-headed window in the rear of the cart shed.
Interior
The barn has a 3-bay king-post roof. Between barn and cart shed is a full-height rubble-stone dividing wall.
Reason for designation
Listed as a C19 farm building retaining original character and as part of an impressive farm group with the farmhouse and cow shed.
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