Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Beast shelter at Ty-gwyn
Trevethin, Torfaen, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Pontnewynydd, Pontypool, Trevethin, Torfaen, designated on 29 May 1997.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 29 May 1997
- Locality
- Pontnewynydd
- Town
- Pontypool
- Community
- Trevethin
- Unitary authority
- Torfaen
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.71348, -3.05275
- Cadw reference
- 18456
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 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV.Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. a. England ab sich: Shire:15-17, 33 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 232 Abergavenny (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
80m north west of Ty-Gwyn on the other side of Hospital Road.
History
A small early C19 Beast-house; contempory with the stable.
Exterior
Small early C19 beast house standing in open field, set end on to the slope. White-washed limestone rubble with corrugated metal roofing. Rectangular single cell plan with central doorway on the south wall, quite wide with a stilted arch head. Gable ends with ventilators in the gable. Rear wall blind.
Interior
Interior not available for inspection at time of resurvey (October 1996).
Reason for designation
Included for group value with the Ty-gwyn farmhouse and the stable.
Nearby in the register
- Stable at Ty-gwynAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Ty-gwynDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pont NewynyddTransportunder 1 mi
- Pont Newynydd (partly in the Trevethin community)No class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.