Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Barn to NW of Perthewig
Trefnant, Denbighshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Perthewig, Denbigh, Trefnant, Denbighshire, designated on 30 January 1968.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 30 January 1968
- Locality
- Perthewig
- Town
- Denbigh
- Community
- Trefnant
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.22832, -3.40229
- Cadw reference
- 226
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located to the NW of and diagonally opposite Perthewig, closing a farmyard to the W.
History
Large barn probably constructed c1687 to serve Perthewig; the contemporary stable block is dated 1687 and bears the initials H and E P (for Peake of Perthewig).
Exterior
Imposing 2-storey gabled barn of red brick construction (English Garden Wall Bond) on a rubble plinth; medium-pitched slate roof with kneelered brick gable parapets. Irregular openings to ground floor, all altered; the tall cambered primary opening to the centre has been bricked-up, though the evidence for this remains visible. Four boarded and stable doors with 4 modern, steel-framed windows; three boarded loading bays to the upper storey. There were originally 4 tiers of ventilation slits of which the upper tiers (though blocked) are still discernable. Fine original gable dovecote to R upper gable, with 6 tiers of nesting recesses with associated projecting ledges; the lower tiers are interrupted by an upper boarded loading bay.
Interior
The interior was not inspected at the time of survey (10/97).
Reason for designation
Listed for its special historic interest as a fine late C17 brick barn.
Group value with other listed items at Perthewig.
Nearby in the register
- PerthewigDomesticunder 1 mi
- Former Stable Range to W of PerthewigAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Pont-y-Cambwll (partly in Tremeirchion Community)Transportunder 1 mi
- Pont-y-cambwllTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.