Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Barn at Wern-gochlyn Farm
Llantilio Pertholey, Monmouthshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Wern-gochlyn, Abergavenny, Llantilio Pertholey, Monmouthshire, designated on 5 February 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 5 February 1998
- Locality
- Wern-gochlyn
- Town
- Abergavenny
- Community
- Llantilio Pertholey
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.83390, -2.96524
- Cadw reference
- 19322
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 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)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 232 Abergavenny (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 232 Abergavenny (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
About 30m west of Wern-gochlyn Farmhouse.
History
A large threshing barn dating probably from the C17 and re-roofed in the late C19.
Exterior
Roughly coursed red/grey sandstone rubble with Welsh slate roof. Central opposed doors with two long slit vents to the left and three in two tiers to the right for the hay tallet. Three tiers of vents in the left gable and four in the lower right gable. Gable verges.
Interior
A probably seven bay barn originally but given a nine bay roof in the late C19. Paved central threshing floor. Eight sawn king-post trusses with iron straps, three tiers of staggered purlins and ridge piece.
Reason for designation
Included as a large, probably C17, barn with a fine late C19 roof. It has group value with Wern-gochlyn Farmhouse.
Nearby in the register
- Wern-gochlyn FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Barn at The ElmsAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- The ElmsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Wern-ddu FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.