Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Barn at Abersefin
Trallong, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 27 May 2005
- Locality
- Penpont
- Town
- Brecon
- Community
- Trallong
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.95154, -3.49999
- Cadw reference
- 84437
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
Situated to SE of the farmhouse at Abersefin.
History
Barn range, early C19. An L-plan range with NE wing is marked on the 1842 Tithe map.
Exterior
Barn range rubble stone, with slate roof, half-hipped to N, hipped to SW angle with short SE return. W side has two big barn door openings with cambered red brick heads and double doors. Two loops to left of left opening, added lean-tos between openings, and to right of right opening. N end has loft door with vent loop each side. SE return has windows on two floors on S wall.
Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as a large barn of regional character with two sets of arched high doors, of group value with Abersefin.
Nearby in the register
- AbersefinDomesticunder 1 mi
- Garden CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Walls enclosing Kitchen Garden including Vine House and Pineapple HouseGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Penpont Bridge including two doorways in attached wall to NTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.