Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Corn barn at Trefarthen (S side of yard)
Llanidan, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Trefarthen, Llanidan, Isle of Anglesey, designated on 20 May 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 20 May 1998
- Locality
- Trefarthen
- Community
- Llanidan
- Unitary authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.17032, -4.27140
- Cadw reference
- 19873
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 1883 map "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 105 Carnarvon (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 41. Anglesey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located on the S side of the farmyard of Trefarthen.
History
Built probably early C18. The building appears to be shown on a Vaynol estate map dated 1777.
Exterior
A five bay corn barn with wide opposed doors to centre. Rubble walls with two tiers of slit vents in the lateral walls, 7 either side of the doors. Three levels of slits vents to gable walls, partly blocked. Pitched slate roof with slate slab copings, tapered finial with weather-vane to E end. Central tall doors with stone voussoir basket arch, pitching door over door on N side, and blocked door to E gable.
Interior
Roof has four queen-post trusses. Beam to support loft formerly running on either side of door, but one only remains ('1833' painted on). Vents have small timber struts across, formerly holding wire bars. Area of threshing floor beteween doors has stone slabs.
Reason for designation
Listed as a good and unaltered example of an early C18 corn barn,which forms part of an exceptionally complete farmstead group at Trefarthen.
Nearby in the register
- Cowhouse, Hammels and Cartshed at TrefarthenAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Mill and Waterwheel, with attached Stables, at TrefarthenAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Pigsty and boiling house at TrefarthenAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Corn-barn at Trefarthen (N side of yard)Agriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.