Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cowhouse Range at Sycharth
Llangedwyn, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 23 October 2003
- Locality
- Sycharth
- Community
- Llangedwyn
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.81807, -3.18078
- Cadw reference
- 81939
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 1795 "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).
Cadw's description
Location
At roadside adjacent to Sycharth.
History
Associated with the farmhouse of Sycharth, but probably of early C19 date as a fattening cowhouse for the tenant's business as a butcher. This suggests a Wynnstay Estate improvement.
The loft is now an artist's studio.
Exterior
A long lofted range with a symmetrical front to the road. Local uncoursed or quasi-coursed shaley stone; hipped slate roof with large tile ridges and hips. Small brick annexe at the south end with a lean-to slate roof. More modern agricultural buildings to rear. Roof lights in rear slope.
At front are two heck doors and four windows and in the left end a heck door (the access to the feeding walk) all with brick dressings including segmental arches; and two loft hatches at front and one in the left end wall without such dressings.
Interior
The ground storey retains stalling for 7½ pairs of cattle with feeding racks and a feeding walk to the rear, plus additional stalls in the lean-to part.
Reason for designation
A little-altered estate building associated with an important local economic function, part of a group at Sycharth.
Nearby in the register
- SycharthAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Shed, Bullhouse and Pigsties at SycharthAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Golfa IsafDomesticunder 1 mi
- Sycharth Mound and Bailey CastleMotte and Baileyunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.