Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Barn and attached Byre at Newhouse Farm
Skenfrith, Monmouthshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 27 February 1992
- Locality
- Llanvetherine
- Town
- Abergavenny
- Community
- Skenfrith
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.84265, -2.92079
- Cadw reference
- 2863
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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
Farm range adjoining roadside some 50m SE of Newhouse Farmhouse, located on SW side of minor road that runs between Llanvetherine and Llantilio Crossenny, approximately 1km S of Llanvetherine.
History
A probably late C17 corn barn with C19 byre added to W gable.
Exterior
Rubble stone with corrugated metal roof. Substantial C17 barn has wide centre doorways to former threshing floor; doorway to roadside is blocked. Tall slit vents to walls, with triangular vent in gable head. Attached Byre has shallower pitch to roof and vent slits in long walls. Roadside front, ground floor (left) has doorway and square window opening. Opposing side faces farmyard and has external stone stair to upper loft. NW gable head has horizontal wooden ledge of pigeon nesting-holes under overhanging verge; on first floor is a boarded door with segmental arch to loft; and on ground floor two cart shed doorways with brick voussoirs (partly blocked). Further byre attached downhill, at SE end of barn.
Interior
Barn of 6 bays. Trusses have tie beams with raking queen struts, except centre truss (possibly re-used) which has a tie beam and three posts under the collar, and raking struts above. Three tiers of trenched purlins. Byre retains loft and early C19 roof trusses with bolted collars; C20 conversion to milking parlour.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with the farmhouse and the listed farm buildings at Newhouse.
Nearby in the register
- Former Stable at Newhouse FarmDomesticunder 1 mi
- Small Barn at Newhouse FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Newhouse FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Old RectoryNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.