Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Barn at Cwmcoynant
Llanigon, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 20 June 1995
- Locality
- Hay Common
- Community
- Llanigon
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.03298, -3.12099
- Cadw reference
- 16113
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
The barn stands opposite Cwmcoynant Farmhouse on the west.
History
Dated 1692.
Exterior
Stone with slit vents, corrugated iron replacing stone tiles. Stout E doorframe, lintel inscribed 'H 1692 P' & flourish. Roof 4 bays, wainy tiebeams, V-struts, 3 heights purlins. Lean-to attachments: N, stone & slate shed, C18/19; E, cattleshed, stone & corrugated iron, C18.
Reason for designation
The barn is unusual as an early dated farm building and well preserved.
Nearby in the register
- Cwmcoynant FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Maes-CochDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Old HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Wenallt-UchafDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.