Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Barn at Rhyd-y-Creuau
Bro Garmon, Conwy, Wales
A Grade II listed building in A470, Bro Garmon, Conwy, designated on 11 August 1997.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 11 August 1997
- Locality
- A470
- Community
- Bro Garmon
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.09853, -3.78959
- Cadw reference
- 18781
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located 100m NW of the farmhouse, at the northern end of the farmyard; behind a modern barn complex.
History
Large and imposing vernacular barn, dated 1788.
Exterior
Rubble construction on a rubble plinth with corrugated asbestos roof; the former rubble gable parapets have been removed. Wide central entrances to both long sides, with segmental heads and projecting archrings; dressed slatestone voussoirs and quoins. Square open loading bays to far L and R on N face; blocked ventilation slits to sides and gable ends.
Interior
7-bay interior with original pegged collar trusses and, flanking the central (threshing floor) bay, tie-beam trusses with raking struts. Of these, that to the E is inscribed: 'I.G. 1788'.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special historic interest as a fine example of a dated late C18 vernacular barn.
Group value with the Hay Barn at Rhyd-y-Creuau.
Nearby in the register
- Haybarn at Rhyd-y-CreuauAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Agricultural Range at Rhyd-y-CreuauAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Plas MuriauDomesticunder 1 mi
- St Michael's ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.