Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Barn at Llawr Llan
Erwood, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Crickadarn, Builth Wells, Erwood, Powys, designated on 20 August 1991.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 20 August 1991
- Locality
- Crickadarn
- Town
- Builth Wells
- Community
- Erwood
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.07120, -3.32653
- Cadw reference
- 7518
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1856 · 42. Brecon. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 197 Hay (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated in centre of the farmyard at Llawr Llan, running N-S.
History
Substantial C18 barn running downslope , the main barn of 4 bays at downhill N end with opposed doors, the S end lofted with cart-shed, under continuous roof.
Exterior
Barn, weatherboarded half-timber with rubble stone end walls and plinths. E front has outshut addition to right, then stone piers flanking double doors with roof slightly lifted at eaves, then weatherboard with one door left of centre and double doors extreme left, all full-height. S gable is weatherboard over rubble stone with added weatherboarded lean-to. N end is rubble stone with 6 vent loops.
W side has tin sheet replacing weatherboard between stone piers left of double doors, and to short section right, then an added timber lean-to with damaged SW corner, the original weatherboarded wall of barn visible within and to right of lean-to.
Interior
Six-bay roof with pegged tie-beam trusses with angle struts, one truss with collar and queen struts. Heavy construction with massive pairs of lapped purlins to upper 3 bays and wallposts jowled below tie-beams. Four-bay barn with trusses each side of threshing floor carried on stone door piers. The truss N of threshing floor with collar has slots for timber-framing and may be reused. One bay S of barn has raised floor and upper bay has cart-shed with loft.
Reason for designation
Included as a substantial timber-frame and stone barn, part of the extensive farm group at Llawr Llan.
Nearby in the register
- Cart-shed with granary and pig-sties at Llawr LlanAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Waggon shed at Llawr LlanAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Old farmhouse at Llawr Llan FarmDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cowhouse and stable at Llawr LlanDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.