Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Home Farm Cartshed and Loft
Penrice, Swansea, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 29 October 1999
- Locality
- Penrice
- Community
- Penrice
- Unitary authority
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.57939, -4.17427
- Cadw reference
- 22543
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
At the north-west of the group of Home Farm buildings beside the A4118 and west of the turning to Penrice Church.
History
An early-C19 addition to the farm buildings group belonging to Home Farm. The cart openings all had double doors.
Exterior
A range of four cartsheds facing east to the farmyard. Rubble sandstone masonry with slate roof. No gutter. Each of the four cartshed arches is of deep segmental form, in 9" (22.5cm) brickwork. Wide piers between. Three loft hatches above the pier positions. Three similar loft hatches in the rear elevation, concealed by a modern lean-to shed. Formerly heavily whitewashed or rendered. Stone exterior stairs at south gable end.
Interior
10-bay roof with pine trusses.
Reason for designation
A good early C19 cartshed, listed for Group Value with the adjacent Barn range.
Nearby in the register
- North Range at Home Farm BarnsAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Home Farm BarnsAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Penrice Castle North-West Gates, Railings and PiersDomesticunder 1 mi
- Home Farm GranaryAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.