Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
East range of outbuildings at Pontcowin
Newchurch and Merthyr, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Bancyfelin, Carmarthen, Newchurch and Merthyr, Carmarthenshire, designated on 8 July 2002.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 8 July 2002
- Locality
- Bancyfelin
- Town
- Carmarthen
- Community
- Newchurch and Merthyr
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.84510, -4.42236
- Cadw reference
- 26743
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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)
- 1860 · 41. Caermathen. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 229 Carmarthen (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated just SE of the house at Pontcowin, at the end of a track some 450m N of the former A40 and approximately 1 km NE of Bancyfelin.
History
Earlier C19 substantial range of outbuildings including barn and lofted stable.
Exterior
Outbuilding range, whitewashed rubble stone with slate roof. Two-storey. Brick heads to openings. Barn to right has large cambered-headed barn opening with double doors, square window to left, and added lean-to to right with roof carried down from main roof. Lean-to has 2 square windows and left end wall entry with double doors. To left of barn, stable with broad door between small windows, that to left narrower and longer. Small loft opening under eaves over right window. Another door to extreme left.
Reason for designation
Included as one of a pair of farmyard ranges, of group value with the house at Pontcowin.
Nearby in the register
- PontcowinDomesticunder 1 mi
- West range of outbuildings at PontcowinAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Sarnau MansionDomesticunder 1 mi
- Castell-y-GaerEnclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.