Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Barn at Twr Hill
Beaumaris, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Twr Hill, Beaumaris, Isle of Anglesey, designated on 20 February 1978.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 20 February 1978
- Locality
- Twr Hill
- Community
- Beaumaris
- Unitary authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.27294, -4.11736
- Cadw reference
- 5709
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1883 map "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 94 Beaumaris (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 41. Anglesey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Set back behind modern farm buildings on the SW side of a moinor road between Beaumaris and Llanddona, approximately 2km NW of Beaumaris town centre.
History
Dated 1790.
Exterior
A rubble stone barn with coped gables of brick, and slate roof. It has 2 tiers of ventilation strips and a segmental-headed wagon doorway with surround of tooled stone. The R gable end has 3 stepped ventilation strips.
Interior
The interior was said in previous survey to retain a plastered roof with the inscription 'IH 1790'.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special architectural interest as a well-preserved late C18 barn.
Nearby in the register
- Bulkeley MonumentCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Bryn BelaDomesticunder 1 mi
- Boundary stone N of Bryn BelaCivilunder 1 mi
- ElusendaiHealth and Welfareunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.