Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Barn at Ty'r Ywen Farm
Fairwater, Torfaen, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 1 November 2002
- Locality
- Henllys
- Town
- Cwmbran
- Community
- Fairwater
- Unitary authority
- Torfaen
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.64841, -3.06161
- Cadw reference
- 27060
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
Opposite (to N) of Ty'r Ywen Farmhouse.
History
Perhaps C17, and contemporary with farmhouse opposite. C19 added cart shed and pigsties.
Exterior
Stone barn with attached cart shed, cowhouse (or stable) and pigsties. Roof covering of tiles and corrugated material; slate on cart shed. Barn has large opposed doorways and vent slits. Lean-to cart shed to R of doors. To R (east) lower animal house with door and small window. To R again, pigsties with slate roof and yellow brick dressings.
Interior
Five bay barn roof with lapped collars.
Reason for designation
Well preserved early barn with group value with adjacent listed farmhouse.
Nearby in the register
- Ty'r Ywen FarmhouseAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Llanderfel ChurchChurchunder 1 mi
- Llanderfel FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Glan-y-nant FarmDomestic1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.