Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Barn range at Blaensawdde
Llanddeusant, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 10 November 1998
- Locality
- Llanddeusant
- Town
- Llangadog
- Community
- Llanddeusant
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.90017, -3.76916
- Cadw reference
- 20824
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated across farmyard to W of Blaensawdde farmhouse.
History
Barn and byre range dated July 1834. Some outbuildings are shown in roughly this position in drawing of Blaensawdde on 1744 estate map.
Exterior
Barn range, whitewashed rubble stone with corrugated iron long roof. Barn entry to right of centre with cambered headed opening and July 1834 date-plaque over, vent loop to left. Single door to extreme right, set low due to slope of ground. To left of barn is probable cowhouse: 4 doors with cambered heads, two part-blocked as windows. Second from right has broad loft opening above, up to eaves. All openings except to loft have painted stone voussoirs. Rear door with timber lintel, with vent loop each side, small window to left.
Interior
Three-bay collar-truss roof to barn section, four bays to left lofted section, one bay right end section, not lofted.
Reason for designation
Included as an early C19 farmbuilding, part of a group with Blaensawdde.
Nearby in the register
- BlaensawddeDomesticunder 1 mi
- GorsdduDomesticunder 1 mi
- Range of outbuildings at CwmsawddeAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- CwmsawddeDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.