Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Barn at Penlan Fach
Llangeitho, Ceredigion, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Penuwch, Tregaron, Llangeitho, Ceredigion, designated on 15 October 1997.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 15 October 1997
- Locality
- Penuwch
- Town
- Tregaron
- Community
- Llangeitho
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.21880, -4.03956
- Cadw reference
- 19008
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 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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 195 Lampeter (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 78. Lampeter. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated to W of Penlan Fach, approximately 500m SW off the minor road some 2.5km S of Capel Penuwch.
History
Earlier C19 stone and cob barn and stable range.
Exterior
Long barn and lofted stable. Lower part of walls, up to just above stable door lintel level, of rubble stone and the upper part of cob or clom, the cob formerly whitewashed. Slate roof. Gable ends of corrugated iron. Full height double doors with timber lintel centre left. Small 4-pane window with timber lintel to left. Three doors with timber lintels to right, two with stable doors and the third with boarded door. Single windows to right end and rear.
Interior
Whitewashed walls. Eight bay roof of oak pegged collar trusses. Rest of roof C20. Large oak beam at half wall height towards either end. Most of interior divided into stables.
Reason for designation
Listed as a very rare example of a large barn constructed of rubble stone and cob.
Nearby in the register
- Tan-yr-AlltDomesticunder 1 mi
- Drovers HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- PlasDomesticunder 1 mi
- The War MemorialCommemorativeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.