Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Barn Range including cow-house at Swffryd-ganol
Llanhilleth, Blaenau Gwent, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Sofrydd, Llanhilleth, Blaenau Gwent, designated on 26 November 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 26 November 1999
- Locality
- Sofrydd
- Community
- Llanhilleth
- Unitary authority
- Blaenau Gwent
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.68737, -3.12485
- Cadw reference
- 22674
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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)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1906 · 249 Newport (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Swffryd-ganol is situated on hillside, approximately 0.75 km NE of Sofrydd, reached via farm track at end of Farm Road. Barn stands immediately SW of house, across track. Barn and farmhouse form prominent group in landscape.
History
Probably C18, reroofed in later C19. Late C19 single storey cowshed range added to rear. Barn shown on 1843 Tithe Map.
Exterior
Rubble built, metal-sheeted roof of steep pitch. Built into slope at E end. Barn faces N, with later lean-to porch to tall barn doors to extreme right; porch has stone-tiled roof, and small later lean-to in angle with front wall of barn. To left is boarded door into stable: cambered stone voussoired head. Stable door has window each side, C20 to right; left window with brick head. To rear left is long single storey cowshed range of nine bays with slate roof. Four-pane windows and boarded doors; cambered brick heads. From left to right door/window arrangement comprises: WDWWDWWDW.
Interior
Barn has collar truss roof; sawn timbers. Dividing wall of stone between barn and stable. Stable has three-bay stalls with chamfered posts and boarded divisions. Kingpost roof in cowshed with angle struts.
Reason for designation
Group value with farmhouse.
Nearby in the register
- Swffryd-ganol including front garden wallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Crumlin Viaduct E Abutment Ebbw ValleyTransportunder 1 mi
- Former Navigation Colliery BathsIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Former Navigation Colliery Power House and Pump HouseIndustrialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.