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Pigsty at Church Cottage

Llanfair, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales

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Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Date of designation
1 January 1973
Locality
St Hilary
Community
Llanfair
Unitary authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Country
Wales
Coordinates
51.44991, -3.41764
Cadw reference
16421

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David 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).

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Cadw's description

Located to the W of Church Cottage, set within its garden, immediately to the W of the parish church of St Hilary and to the S of the Bush Inn.

A typical conical Glamorgan pigsty of circular plan. Probably of C19 date. Limestone rubble construction with conical roof rising to approximately 2m in height. Remains of pig pen still evident with stile to the W set within low rubble wall. Bisected by a small flight of steps leading from front of house to rear with feeding trough set to the E of the sty with trough against the flank wall of the house.

Listed grade II as a rare surviving example of a traditional Glamorgan pigsty.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0
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