Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cow-house at Branas Uchaf
Llandrillo, Denbighshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Branas, Llandrillo, Denbighshire, designated on 20 October 1966.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 20 October 1966
- Locality
- Branas
- Community
- Llandrillo
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.92484, -3.46573
- Cadw reference
- 701
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 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 120 Corwen (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Part of a group of farm buildings to the NE of the farmhouse. It faces N into the yard and is E of the barn. The main access for cattle was to the rear.
History
Probably C17. Tie beam dated 1607 or 1667.
Exterior
Long single-storey range of random stone with slate roof to N pitch and corrugated iron sheeting to S pitch. The front has a single boarded door to R of centre, rising to the eaves, with flanking ventilation slits. The NE angle of the range appears to have been rebuilt. E gable end has window with timber slats under segmental brick head to L side. Continuing to the L is the short rear wall of a single-pitched addition. W gable end has loft hatch. Three doorways to rear, that to far L with steel shutters. Window opening between central and R-hand doorways. At right-angles to the R end is the single-pitched range which has a central boarded door. These ranges bound a small rear yard.
Interior
Five-bay interior; tie-beam trusses with struts. Massive shallow-arched tie-beam to W which appears to have been re-used, possibly part of a cruck-truss originally. It bears an engraved date of 1607 or 1667, probably contemporary with the building. The range is now used as a timber store.
Reason for designation
Listed as a good single-storey C17 cow-house, and for group value with Branas Uchaf and surrounding farm buildings.
Nearby in the register
- Hayshed at Branas UchafAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Barn at Branas UchafAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Multi-purpose Farm Building at Branas UchafAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Branas UchafDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.