Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pigsties at Mathern Palace
Mathern, Monmouthshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Mathern, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, designated on 10 October 2000.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 10 October 2000
- Locality
- Mathern
- Town
- Chepstow
- Community
- Mathern
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.61410, -2.68960
- Cadw reference
- 24090
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 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)
- 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)
- 1897 · 250 Chepstow (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1905 · 250 Chepstow (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
In the centre of Mathern village about 50m south of the Church of St Tewdric.
History
A probably mid C19 double pigsty.
Exterior
Constructed of local limestone rubble with pantile roofs. Double pigsty with yard walls with feeding shutes and small shed with lean-to roof.
Interior
Not entered at resurvey but seemingly unaltered.
Reason for designation
Included for historic interest as a well-preserved mid C19 pigsty and for its group value with the adjacent buildings of Mathern Palace.
Nearby in the register
- Old Barn at Mathern PalaceDomesticunder 1 mi
- Courtyard House at Mathern PalaceDomesticunder 1 mi
- Mathern PalaceDomesticunder 1 mi
- Church of St TewdricReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.