Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Outbuildings opposite Lamb & Flag Cottages
Ystradgynlais, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 17 January 1963
- Locality
- Gwaunclawdd
- Town
- Abercraf
- Community
- Ystradgynlais
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.79783, -3.72961
- Cadw reference
- 6609
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 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated immediately S of the pound at Gwaunclawdd and across lane from Nos 2-12 (even) Lamb & Flag Cottages.
History
Outbuildings of former Lamb & Flag Farm which was the end house of the terraced row opposite. A lofted stable and carthouse added to a slightly earlier lofted cow-house. Probably early C19.
Exterior
Range of lofted outbuildings in rubble stone under single roof, the cartshed and stable range to right still whitewashed with slate close-eaved roof, the cow-shed to left roofless to front and whitewash largely eroded. Some corrugated iron to rear roof. Cowshed in coursed rubble has centre door and window each side, probably all originally with stone voussoirs to cambered heads, but left window replaced with timber lintel. Right window has been widened and both windows have C20 metal glazing with brick infill below to original sills. Left end wall has later C19 brick-framed loft door. Outshut rear has end wall small window and door.
Cartshed and stable to right has large cambered-headed cart-entry to right with stone voussoirs to arch, tiny boarded window and door with timber lintel to left. Straight joint to cowshed to left. Right end gable has loft door with stone voussoirs. Corrugated iron lean-to to rear.
Interior
Loft over cart-shed and stable has 3-bay collar-truss roof. Loft over cowshed has squared oak beams and 5-bay collar-truss roof with close-spaced trusses.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with the pound and Nos 10 and 12 Lamb and Flag Cottages opposite.
Nearby in the register
- The PoundAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- 12 Lamb & Flag Cottages (Former Lamb and Flag Inn)Domesticunder 1 mi
- 14 Lamb & Flag Cottages (Gwaunclawdd)Domesticunder 1 mi
- Abercrave IronworksIronworksunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.