Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cowhouse at Plas-yr-esgob
Llanelidan, Denbighshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Plas-yr-esgob, Llanelidan, Denbighshire, designated on 19 July 1966.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 19 July 1966
- Locality
- Plas-yr-esgob
- Community
- Llanelidan
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.04044, -3.33090
- Cadw reference
- 764
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid 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)
- 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)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Across yard at north-west of the house.
History
Probably C19.
Exterior
Single storey cowhouse of T shaped plan, in slatey local rubble masonry with limestone quoins; slate roof, tile ridge. The front elevation facing south to the farmyard has three doorway openings. Door and window openings at rear; informal buttress at corner of rear wing.
Interior
T-shaped plan with a central feeding space between inward-facing stalls
Reason for designation
A C19 cowshed range with has retained its character and part of a good farmstead group with Plas-yr-esgob.
Nearby in the register
- Plas-yr-esgob (The Bishop's Manor House)Domesticunder 1 mi
- Barn Range at Plas-yr-esgobAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Lofted Cartshed Range at Plas-yr-esgobDomesticunder 1 mi
- Stable Range at Plas-yr-esgobDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.