Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Former Barn at Croespenmaen
Crumlin, Caerphilly, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Croespenmaen, Crumlin, Caerphilly, designated on 19 April 1963.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 19 April 1963
- Locality
- Croespenmaen
- Community
- Crumlin
- Unitary authority
- Caerphilly
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.68037, -3.16476
- Cadw reference
- 1885
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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)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1906 · 249 Newport (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
In the hilltop community of Croespenmaen just S of the crossroads with the A 4251.
History
Probably mostly early C19, appears on Tithe Map 1846. Formerly divided into cowbyre with hayloft above to left, and barn right. Croespenmaen Farm to which barn originally belonged burned down in 1947. Now used as feed merchants' shop.
Exterior
Tall barn of stone rubble with tooled ashlar dressings; shallow pitched Welsh slate roof to front, catslide to rear over lower outshut. Centre right full- height hipped-roof porch with high round-arched doorway with voussoirs, keystone and imposts, the keystone at eaves level; arch head blocked above impost level; double boarded doors. To sides short ventilation slits below eaves and dove nesting holes with ledge below. To left a large boarded loft opening and to ground floor 2 cambered-arched doorways, one part blocked. Added wing with long sloping roof and further openings to left.
Interior
Interior retains stone threshing floor. First floor rear opening to outshut which has divided interior. No internal divisions or lofts remain within barn which is now used as a shop and store.
Reason for designation
Listed as an unusually well-designed small early C19 barn.
Nearby in the register
- PenrhiwlasDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pentref-y-GroesDomesticunder 1 mi
- Barn and byre range at Pen-y-groes 3Agriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Crumlin Old Farmhouse and abutting barnDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.