Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Granary at Lower Ton
Gobion Fawr, Monmouthshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llanvapley, Abergavenny, Gobion Fawr, Monmouthshire, designated on 15 March 2000.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 15 March 2000
- Locality
- Llanvapley
- Town
- Abergavenny
- Community
- Gobion Fawr
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.81677, -2.91690
- Cadw reference
- 23007
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV.Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. a. England ab sich: Shire:15-17, 33 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated in farmyard at Lower Ton, SE of farmhouse
History
C19 cartshed with granary over. A building on site is marked on the 1838 tithe map.
Exterior
Lofted cart-shed, rubble stone with slate roof, roughly square plan with added lower range to rear. Front gable has two broad depressed-arched cart-entries with square centre pier and sandstone voussoirs, under centre depressed arched loft door with stone voussoirs. W side has outside stone steps to loft door under eaves. Cambered-headed window with stone voussoirs to centre. Steps have metal rail, stone parapet wall at top and doorway under with stone voussoirs. E side rubble stone lean-to. Lower addition on end wall with asbestos sheet roof. Full-height double doors and small window each floor to right.
Interior
Brick rear arches to cart-entries. One heavy spine beam.
Reason for designation
Included as a good example of a lofted cartshed, of group value with Lower Ton farmhouse.
Nearby in the register
- Lower TonDomesticunder 1 mi
- Middle TonDomesticunder 1 mi
- Churchyard cross in Llanvapley churchyardReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- St. Mabli's Churchyard Cross, LlanvapleyCross baseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.