Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Wall N of Tretower Court Barn
Llanfihangel Cwmdu with Bwlch and Cathedine, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Tretower, Llanfihangel Cwmdu with Bwlch and Cathedine, Powys, designated on 21 October 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Miscellaneous
- Date of designation
- 21 October 1998
- Locality
- Tretower
- Community
- Llanfihangel Cwmdu with Bwlch and Cathedine
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.88368, -3.18371
- Cadw reference
- 20659
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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)
- 1856 · 42. Brecon. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · 214 Talgarth (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On E side of minor road through Tretower immediately N of Tretower Court Barn.
History
Built probably c1480 when Sir Thomas Vaughan added the gatehouse and curtain wall to Tretower Court. The wall was part of a long range built opposite Thomas Vaughan's entrance to Tretower Court, which survives in a shortened form as Tretower Court Barn. The range perhaps comprised a dwelling for retainers and stables. At the N end of the original building a wall, embattled and incorporating a main gateway and a postern, spanned the road and linked with a boundary wall on the opposite side.
Exterior
Rubble sandstone wall approximately 12m long, 2m high and 0.8m thick. One tall narrow breather has a splayed reveal.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with Tretower Court, a medieval house of national importance.
Nearby in the register
- Wall N of Tretower CourtMiscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Tretower Court BarnAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Tretower BarnBarnunder 1 mi
- Church of St John the EvangelistReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.