Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
2833
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
08/06/1990
Date of Amendment
29/01/1998
Name of Property
Bee Boles set into retaining wall at Upper House Farm
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Crucorney
Town
Abergavenny
Locality
Grwyne Fawr
Easting
328208
Northing
223613
Street Side
Location
Located in the retaining wall in front of the upper end of the farmhouse.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
A bee shelter dating probably from the C19, but it could well be older or even C17 as such things did not change.
Exterior
Rectangular niches set into rubble retaining wall. Subdivided by upright stone slabs into three niches approximately 30 cm square with continuous dripstones over. Each niche would have given protective housing for a straw bee-skep.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a good example of a bee bole and having group value with the farmhouse and the listed farmyard buildings.
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