Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Barn at Runston Farm
Caerwent, Monmouthshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 10 October 2000
- Locality
- Runston
- Town
- Chepstow
- Community
- Caerwent
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.62277, -2.73183
- Cadw reference
- 24112
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
About 1600m north of Crick village just to the east of the Shirenewton road.
History
This barn could be late C18 or perhaps more likely early C19. It is on the 1839 tithe map.
Exterior
The barn is constructed of roughly squared and coursed local rubble stone with a pantiled roof. There are various later lean-to corrugated iron sheds which obscure parts of the structure. The west side has two slit vents on either side of the central cart doors to the threshing floor. The east side has a projecting gabled central porch with cart doors opposed to the others. The road (north) gable has small square vents for the tallet, south gable not seen.
Interior
Interior not available at resurvey, but the barn would appear to be of five bays and have its original roof structure as the pantiled roof appears unchanged.
Reason for designation
Included as a well preserved C18 barn which is now a rarity in the area.
Nearby in the register
- Runston Medieval Village Site & Runston ChapelDeserted Medieval Villageunder 1 mi
- Cowshed at Hill Barn, Parkwall FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Hill Barn at Parkwall FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Royal Naval Propellant Factory Caerwent Nitro-glycerine HillNitrating Houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.