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Cowshed at Troedrhiwbeynon

A Grade II Listed Building in Cilycwm, Carmarthenshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.0945 / 52°5'40"N

Longitude: -3.8208 / 3°49'14"W

OS Eastings: 275362

OS Northings: 245579

OS Grid: SN753455

Mapcode National: GBR Y3.B8WF

Mapcode Global: VH4H1.QMG7

Plus Code: 9C4R35VH+QM

Entry Name: Cowshed at Troedrhiwbeynon

Listing Date: 29 November 1995

Last Amended: 29 November 1995

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 16995

Building Class: Agriculture and Subsistence

ID on this website: 300016995

Location: Situated on S side of Gwenffrwd valley on road from Rhandirmwyn to Cwrtycadno, some 1.5 km NW of Rhandirmwyn Bridge.

County: Carmarthenshire

Community: Cilycwm (Cil-y-cwm)

Community: Cilycwm

Locality: Cwm Gwenffrwd

Traditional County: Carmarthenshire

Tagged with: Cowshed

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History

Mid C19 farmhouse typical of steep upland valleys of northern part of Cilycwm C area. A house is marked on site on 1845 Tithe Map, owned by the Earl of Cawdor and occupied by David Jones, with 62 acres. This house could have been rebuilt slightly later.

Exterior

Rubble stone with slate roof, and roughcast end wall stacks. Two-storey, three-window N front, offset to right. Hornless 12-pane sashes with 4-panel door and margin-glazed overlight. Stone voussoirs. Rendered W end wall, rubble stone E end. Cowshed attached to W is whitewashed with slate roof, four doors and one window with cambered stone-voussoir heads.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a well preserved and representative example of the farmhouses of the small upland farms of this valley and the next valley to N.

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