Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Wheel House including Barn at Ystumcolwyn Farm
Meifod, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Ystumcolwyn, Meifod, Powys, designated on 26 May 1995.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 26 May 1995
- Locality
- Ystumcolwyn
- Community
- Meifod
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.73914, -3.20198
- Cadw reference
- 15995
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 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 151 Welshpool (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1916 · Sheet 60. Shrewsbury. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Barn and ring shelter at the southern side of the group of farm buildings, south of the house.
Exterior
Wheel house or ginny ring (local term), early-mid C19, stone piers and with corrugated iron roof. The wheel house structure is attached to and at right angles to the 3rd, open, bay of the barn, comprising one short bay to rectangular piers, and four canted sides on square piers forming the angled end, formerly covering the horse gang. Internally a long tie beam supported on the rectangular piers carries long angled struts forming an 'A' frame against which the principal rafters rest. No surviving evidence of the overhead horizontal wheel to which the horse(s) were harnessed to drive, through bevel gearing, machinery within the attached barn. The open sides originally required for cross ventilation, are now partly filled with blockwork and corrugated iron.
Barn is of dolerite with some brick, and slate roof, partly replaced with corrugated iron. Four bays, with 2 tiers of ventilation slits both sides. Tie beam trusses with angled struts to posts set independently within the walls, the tie carrying long angled struts and double purlin roof. The barn roof is extended to the E over a driftway to join a second, similar, barn set at right angles.
Reason for designation
Included as a rare form of historic farm building in eastern Wales.
Nearby in the register
- Brewhouse Range at Ystumcolwyn FarmDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cruck-framed farm-building at Ystum ColwynAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Stable Building at Ystumcolwyn FarmDomesticunder 1 mi
- Mile PostTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.