Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Barn SE of Plas-yn-Llan
Eglwysbach, Conwy, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Eglwysbach, Conwy, designated on 23 June 1967.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 23 June 1967
- Locality
- Eglwysbach
- Community
- Eglwysbach
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.21416, -3.79529
- Cadw reference
- 80
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 · 106 Bangor (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 106 Bangor (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located at the SE edge of the farm group, set with its SW gable end into the slope of a hill.
History
Early C17 barn, originally with timber-framed storey above a rubble ground floor and with tall rubble gable ends. The upper section was encased in rubble in the late C17 or possibly later. The evidence for the original arrangement is visible both internally and externally, with wall plates and wall posts partly exposed and clearly legible masonry breaks.
Exterior
Large, imposing barn of rubble under a medium-pitched slate roof with coped and kneelered gable parapets. Modern opening to house-facing side with modern window to the R. Above, under the eaves, are 3 rows of nesting niches, 21 to each row, the bottom row of which has a projecting slate ledge. Original wide entrance to centre with contemporary chamfered oak lintel and replaced side posts. 3 vertical ventilation slits to R, with a further 3 to the hill-facing gable end; the apex of this is a modern rebuild. Opposing entrance to corresponding long side, with exposed timber lintel. Flanking this are two large window openings with boarded shutters and exposed timber lintels. Modern upper loading bay to NE gable, possibly a widened original opening.
Interior
6-bay roof with pegged collar-and-tie-beam trusses and wall posts with straight struts; most purlins and parts of the ridge are original. Bay 4 is floored over and has pronounced ogee stops to the main beam and has a later C19 overhead driveshaft and wheels; later rubble dividing wall between bays 3 and 4.
Reason for designation
A fine C17 barn with evidence for former timber framing.
Group value with other listed items at Plas-yn-Llan.
Nearby in the register
- Stable Range at Plas-yn-Llan including adjoining Carthouse complexDomesticunder 1 mi
- Plas-yn-Llan (also known as Plas and Plas Llan)Domesticunder 1 mi
- Ysgol Gynradd Eglwysbach (original range)Educationunder 1 mi
- Telephone Call-box (tel no: 01492 650399) at the S edge of Village and opposite Post OfficeCommunicationsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.