Row of Pigsties at Llechan-uchaf, Henryd, Conwy

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.2636 / 53°15'48"N

Longitude: -3.8681 / 3°52'5"W

OS Eastings: 275496

OS Northings: 375692

OS Grid: SH754756

Mapcode National: GBR 1ZFP.CT

Mapcode Global: WH545.K78D

Plus Code: 9C5R747J+CQ

Entry Name: Row of Pigsties at Llechan-uchaf

Listing Date: 8 October 1981

Last Amended: 28 September 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 3288

Building Class: Agriculture and Subsistence

ID on this website: 300003288

Location: Llechan-uchaf is in the Gyffin Valley some 2km NW of Henryd. The pigsties are built into a retaining wall above a field known as Cae Moch immediately to the rear of the farm courtyard.

County: Conwy

Town: Conwy

Community: Henryd

Locality: Llechwedd

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

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History

There is no real dating evidence for these firmly vernacular structures, but they are likely to be no later than the later C18 and could be considerably earlier.

Exterior

A rough stone rubble retaining wall contains 8 entries to small rectangular stone lined cells or pigsties with corbelled flat stone roofs.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a large group of exceptionally well-preserved pigsties of a vernacular type which is now rare.

External Links

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II Farmbuildings at Llechan-uchaf
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II Hen-dy Farmhouse including attached outbuilding
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II Gwenddar Mill
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II Pont Henryd
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II Independent Chapel including walled graveyard attached to E
Located prominently on the main street line within the village.
II Henryd Farmhouse
Set back slightly from the main village street behind rubble walls, immediately to the NE of Henryd Independent Chapel.

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Row of Pigsties at Llechan-uchaf

A Grade II Listed Building in Henryd, Conwy