Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Stables and Barn at the Fountain Inn
Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 22 December 1989
- Locality
- Troedrhiw-gwair
- Community
- Tredegar
- Unitary authority
- Blaenau Gwent
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.75135, -3.22077
- Cadw reference
- 1874
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
Troedrhiw-gwair lies to the SE of Tredegar, at the end of a no-through road. The Fountain Inn is located to the SW, reached at end of a farm track: the stables and barn lie to the NW of the inn, facing SE across small courtyard.
History
C17 farm building, set in sloping site. The Inn is C17, with a slightly later cross-wing: converted to a public house in later C19 to serve growing local industrial population.
Exterior
Whitewashed rubble construction; corrugated iron roof. Three-bay stable range stepped up to upper end; square boarded windows flanking central door. Opposing door to rear has been blocked. Barn with slightly steeper roof to lower end: rough masonry break suggests that the barn is not contemporary with the stables, but both are bonded to the rear - the break may then indicate early repairs. Central doorways to loft and ground floor; loop ventilators, also to rear. Uphill gable has narrow blocked window with stone dripmould.
Interior
Both parts have modern lofts.
Reason for designation
Group value with the Fountain Inn.
Nearby in the register
- The Fountain InnCommercialunder 1 mi
- Incline Haulage Winding Engine, Mynydd BedwelltyIncline Drumhouseunder 1 mi
- Y Domen Fawr round cairnRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Cefn Man Moel cross-ridge dykeCross Ridge Dykeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.