Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Barn Range at Aberfan Fawr Farmhouse
Merthyr Vale, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Aberfan, Merthyr Tydfil, Merthyr Vale, designated on 3 September 1997.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 3 September 1997
- Locality
- Aberfan
- Town
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Community
- Merthyr Vale
- Unitary authority
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.68365, -3.34106
- Cadw reference
- 18864
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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)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1963 · Map No. 13 - Local Government Commission for Wales : [Definitive maps showing proposed… (National Library of Scotland)
Cadw's description
Location
Parallel and opposite (to N) of Aberfan Fawr Farmhouse
History
Barn and byre range under single roof, possibly mid C18 altered in C19.
Exterior
Barn and lofted byre, rubble stone, single roof, corrugated iron on N side, slate on S. Barn to left has full-height double doors with timber lintel under eaves. Byre to right (continuous stonework) has 4 small square loft windows, ground floor door to left with pine lintel. Older door under second loft window with lower head and oak lintel, now window, and another oak lintel apparently of door set very low between third and fourth upper windows, also now window at ground level. W gable end has loft door with C19 bricks to right jamb. Dripstone over. Rear S has outshut under continuous roof behind byre. Barn E end has long slit opening in gable.
Interior
Interior not inspected, in 1997 said to have altered 3-bay cowhouse at upper end and 3-bay barn below, with rough roof-trusses with lapped and pegged collars.
Reason for designation
Included as a barn and lofted byre range possibly of the mid C18, rare in the region. Group value with the farmhouse.
Nearby in the register
- Aberfan Fawr FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Aberfan War MemorialNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Aberfan Calvinistic Methodist ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Brynbychan Round CairnRound Cairnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.