Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Barn at Castle House
Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Usk, Monmouthshire, designated on 30 April 2004.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 30 April 2004
- Locality
- Usk
- Town
- Usk
- Community
- Usk
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.70469, -2.90245
- Cadw reference
- 82756
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 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV.Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. a. England ab sich: Shire:15-17, 33 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Extending along the terrace of the former outer ward, W of and adjacent to Castle House.
History
Built on the wallwalk of the curtain wall in C19.
Exterior
Long low barn of stone rubble with tiled roof incorporating two hipped tile hung roof dormers.Ventilation slits at two levels, three to gable ends; signs of masonry alteration; central double boarded door and end door at left. To rear the elevation, with one upper opening, is substantially deeper as the building was constructed on the retaining wall of the outer ward.
Interior
Queen-strut roof.
Reason for designation
Early C19 barn with important Group Value with Castle House and Usk Castle curtain walls.
Nearby in the register
- Castle HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Castle Parade HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Ty CornelDomesticunder 1 mi
- Wall to Castle Parade HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.