Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Long Barn to S.of Carnachenwen
Mathry, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Mathry, Pembrokeshire, designated on 29 April 1993.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 29 April 1993
- Community
- Mathry
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.95460, -5.09202
- Cadw reference
- 12953
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 209 St David's (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated enclosing E side of entrance yard, at right angles to house.
Exterior
Late C19 lofted barn, incorporating at N end a small part of an earlier building. Rubble stone with slate roof, long two-storey range with red brick frames to openings, except to ground floor left which is earlier. Red brick angle quoins to late C19 work. Six widely-spaced, square loft windows under eaves, with slate sills and 6-pane tilting windows (some renewed). Ground floor left, the older part has stone cornerstones, vent loop and door. Recess for date stone (missing) to above right of door. Beyond is a late C19 blocked door, window, window, door and window (to loose box). Lean-to on N end wall. S end has outside steps to loft door.
Rear is against bank, with one door at right of centre to ground floor (on E side), a row of doveholes at floor level to left of centre and centre gabled loft door, breaking eaves. Two loft windows each side.
Interior
Single long 12-bay loft. Remnant in ground floor of shafting for mill machinery.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with farmhouse, and as part of an extensive and little altered farm group.
A building on site is marked on 1767 estate map in National Library of Wales Collection 491.
Nearby in the register
- Small Outbuildings to SW.of Carnachenwen FarmhouseAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Row of outbuildings attached to E.of CarnachenwenAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- CarnachenwenDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cartshed at Entrance to S.of CarnachenwenAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.