Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Granary at Lower Tresenny
Grosmont, Monmouthshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 19 October 2000
- Locality
- Tresenny
- Town
- Abergavenny
- Community
- Grosmont
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.91203, -2.86088
- Cadw reference
- 24148
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
Some 400m SE of Grosmont village, S of the road junction to Middle Tresenny.
History
A probably early C19 granary. The ground-floor cowhouse may formerly have been a cider house.
Exterior
W elevation, first floor has centre boarded doorway to granary, and below partly collapsed stone stair. Ground floor, to left of stair has doorway with segmental voussoired arch and boarded half door. N gable has been rebuilt in late C20, and has similar segmental arch openings with boarded shutters to ground and loft floors. Opposing S gable, first floor has similar voussoired opening and ground floor doorway with timber lintel to cowhouse.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with the farmhouse and listed farm buildings at Lower Tresenny.
Nearby in the register
- Lower Tresenny FarmhouseNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Barn at Lower TresennyAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Old Tan HouseNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- AthelstanNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.