Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Barn to East of Trewern House
Trewern, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Trewern, Powys, designated on 11 March 1981.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 11 March 1981
- Locality
- Trewern
- Community
- Trewern
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.69679, -3.06140
- Cadw reference
- 7918
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)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 151 Welshpool (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1916 · Sheet 60. Shrewsbury. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
The building lies on the E side of the farmyard, in visual association with the house.
History
C17
Exterior
Timber framed barn, two and three panels high, originally with board infill to lower panel, woven infilling to upper panels, but now weatherboarded, slated roof. Seven bays, originally lofted throughout, and with building attached at W end consisting of 3 stone walls.
Main posts have angle braces to tie beams, and collar beam trusses with struts to principal rafters. ties and braces to main posts. Some tie beams are chamfered and stopped.
Small door entrance in bay 3 from E, with opposite door forming a cross passage between closed trusses. Long tension brace at E end at junction with stone building.
Reason for designation
Included as an important farm-building in association with the Grade II* Trewern House.
Nearby in the register
- Trewern House (also known as Trewern Farmhouse) (South)Domesticunder 1 mi
- Bryn CaredigDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Olde Post OfficeCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- Grotto at MaesfronGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.