Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
75
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
23/06/1967
Date of Amendment
17/02/1998
Name of Property
Barn in the outer yard SW of Llaethwryd
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Cerrigydrudion
Town
Cerrigydrudion
Locality
Llaethwryd
Easting
294026
Northing
347930
Street Side
Location
The barn is located at right angles to the previous barn, and W of the cartshed; to SW of the farmhouse.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
Built in the C18, the original purpose of this building may have been a barn, but has been later converted to a cowhouse.
Exterior
Built of rubble stonework set on boulder foundations, with a corrugated iron roof. Eight bays, aligned NE-SW. The six NE bays were formerly a cowhouse; the two uphill SW bays are used for animal housing. Entrance in the fourth bay from the NE, opening into the outer yard, a boarded door extending up into a small dormer. Further doors on this side to the 2nd and 6th bays, and a separate door in the seventh bay to the animal house. Ventilation windows in the intervening bays. One door at the rear, and a small lean to at the NE end.
Interior
The roof trusses are based on low-set curved tie beams, which have long curved braces to the curved principal rafters, carrying two tiers of purlins.
Reason for designation
Listed for group value with Llaethwryd Farmhouse and associated listed farm buildings.
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