Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Former stable and barn range at Ty Aberaman
Aberaman, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 29 November 2002
- Locality
- Aberaman
- Town
- Aberdare
- Community
- Aberaman
- Unitary authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.69560, -3.42118
- Cadw reference
- 80700
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
To the rear of Ty Aberaman, between Farm Road and Heol Ty Aberaman and backing onto the Aberaman Welfare Ground.
History
Ty Aberaman was reputedly originally the seat of the Mathews family from C14. House rebuilt 1747. Aberaman House is shown on George Yates'' 1799 map of Glamorgan. In 1806 Anthony Bacon, ironmaster, bought the Mathews estate including the house and it was susbequently bought by Crawshay Bailey, ironmaster in 1836. Henry and Edward Searle were also owners. Later the residence of Sir George Elliott, managing director of the Powell Dyffryn Steam Coal Co. Converted to offices C20. Building lines show the structure to have been built in stages. Appears as Aberamman Isha on Tithe Map of 1847 with the long stable range as at present but with an additional small cross wing at NE no longer in situ.
Exterior
An exceptionally long range of roughly coursed rubble with dressed stone dressings and a corrugated roof with overhanging eaves. In four sections. Centre left is a barn with tall round-headed wagon archway with voussoirs flanked by 2 tiers of 2 ventilation slits on each side; modern metal garage door. On uphill side (right) is a section with 3 round-arched openings: central doorway and flanking windows with brick sills and blocked similar arched loft openings. At far end right is a section with originally 3 wide segmental-arched cart/carriage bays, 2 blocked with masonry and later smaller doors and one altered to a wide square headed garage opening; above are 3 round-arched loft openings with metal grilles. Downill from barn, the arches are flatter; 3 segmental arched openings to loft with grilles and 5 to ground floor, originally doors but 3 converted to windows, boarded. Fewer and mostly blocked openings to rear. Blocked oculus and square-headed opening in downhill gable end; in uphill gable end the ends of metal ties at purlin level are visible in the masonry.
Reason for designation
Listed as a fine ancilliary range of pre-1847 date to the formerly important Aberaman House.
Nearby in the register
- Bethesda Baptist ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Saron Independent ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Abercwmboi Workmen's Hall and InstituteRecreationalunder 1 mi
- Remains of Iron Furnace at CwmamanBlast Furnace1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.