Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Monknash Forge
St. Donats, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Industrial
- Date of designation
- 10 September 1982
- Locality
- Monknash
- Town
- Cowbridge / Y Bont-Faen
- Community
- St. Donats
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.42581, -3.55637
- Cadw reference
- 13315
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
On the south side of the road junction at Broughton.
History
Probably dates from the early to mid C19. Externally unaltered apart from the re-roofing.
Exterior
Local lias limestone rubble walls with dressed stone quoins and voussoirs, stone flanking stacks, asbestos sheeting roof. Single storey, rectangular block with small outshut on rear. Main south-east elevation with shuttered window opening to left hand with large horse doorway to right of it. This has an almost flat arch voussoir head and plank doors. In north-east gable wall a boarded window with wood lintel, and a blocked slit opening in middle near ground level are reported but these are now ivy covered as is the south east gable. The rear elevation has a small boarded window in the centre.
Interior
Interior not inspected at resurvey.
Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as a complete surviving C19 village forge.
Nearby in the register
- Tithe Barn, Dovecot & Remains of Other BuildingsGrangeunder 1 mi
- Dovecote of Monknash GrangeDomesticunder 1 mi
- Church FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Plough and Harrow PH, including front garden wallsDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.