Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Barn at Gwenlais-uchaf
Pontlliw and Tircoed, Swansea, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 25 March 2002
- Locality
- Pont Lliw
- Town
- Swansea
- Community
- Pontlliw and Tircoed
- Unitary authority
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.69580, -4.00057
- Cadw reference
- 26259
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
On the W side of the farmyard at Gwenlais-uchaf approximately 1km NW of the centre of Pont Lliw village.
History
Early C19 barn with stable.
Exterior
Barn and stable, whitewashed rubble stone with single slate roof. Barn to right has 2 large openings with plank doors and timber lintels, stable to left has door and boarded 2-light window, both with timber lintels. Left end wall has apex rebuilt in cement block. Right end has 2 small openings. Rear of barn has one centre opening with timber lintel, lower than those at front, and 2 vent loops to left.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with the farmhouse.
Nearby in the register
- Gwenlais-uchafDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pant-y-Ffa Round CairnRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Pont Lliw MillDomesticunder 1 mi
- The PoplarsDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.