Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Byre and Cart Shed at Ty Llangenny
The Vale of Grwyney, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 19 November 1998
- Locality
- Ty Llangenny
- Community
- The Vale of Grwyney
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.86837, -3.10945
- Cadw reference
- 20896
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
On SE side of house facing farm yard to E.
History
The byre was probably built in the C18 when the byre attached to the farm house was taken down. The cart shed was added after 1839 and is shown on Ordnance Survey of 1887.
Exterior
A long range of whitewashed rubble sandstone and slate roof. The 3-bay cart shed to R has flattened elliptical arches with tooled voussoirs, and boarded loft openings above. In the R gable end is an external stone stairs to a boarded loft door under a timber lintel. The rear wall of the cart shed has 2 loft openings beneath the wall plate.
The byre to L has boarded doors R and L of centre. Between the doors are 2 windows with timber lintels, and a similar window is at the L end. Above are 2 boarded loft openings. The L gable end has 2 ventilation slits to the loft.
Interior
Not inspected at time of survey (December 1997).
Reason for designation
Included for group value with Ty Llangenny.
Nearby in the register
- Ty LlangennyDomesticunder 1 mi
- Moor ParkDomesticunder 1 mi
- Packhorse BridgeTransportunder 1 mi
- Y FroDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.