Byre at Henbant Fawr, The Vale of Grwyney (Cwm Grwyne), Powys

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.8804 / 51°52'49"N

Longitude: -3.0981 / 3°5'53"W

OS Eastings: 324506

OS Northings: 220770

OS Grid: SO245207

Mapcode National: GBR F2.RN54

Mapcode Global: VH78S.7ZZW

Plus Code: 9C3RVWJ2+4P

Entry Name: Byre at Henbant Fawr

Listing Date: 19 November 1998

Last Amended: 19 November 1998

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 20866

Building Class: Agriculture and Subsistence

ID on this website: 300020866

Location: On SW side of the house, facing the farm yard with the barn opposite.

County: Powys

Community: The Vale of Grwyney (Cwm Grwyne)

Community: The Vale of Grwyney

Locality: Henbant

Traditional County: Brecknockshire

Tagged with: Architectural structure

Find accommodation in
Pont Newydd

History

Probably C18 and contemporary with the barn and bakehouse opposite.

Exterior

Built on a steeply-sloping site and consisting of 2 stepped units (of which the uphill end is extended in blockwork) with an added lean-to at the downhill end. Of random rubble with corrugated steel roof to the uphill end, asbestos -cement sheets to the downhill end. The uphill end has, facing the yard, a boarded door L and windows centre and R converted from doorways, all of which are under wooden lintels with drip stones. In the loft is a central boarded opening under a drip stone, flanked by infilled ventilation slits. At the downhill end is a stable door under a wooden lintel to L and a loft opening beneath the wall plate. The lean-to at the downhill end is random rubble with brick to the gable. To the rear the uphill end has a central blocked doorway flanked by vent strips and with a shallow buttress to R. The downhill end has a centre-pivoting window to R and boarded shutters to loft opening to L. The lean-to has a doorway to L.

Interior

Not inspected at time of survey (January 1998).

Reasons for Listing

Included for group value with the farmhouse and former barn and bakehouse, which form a strong visual historic group on the hillside.

External Links

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

Other nearby listed buildings

II Barn and Former Bakehouse at Henbant Fawr
On SE side of the house.
II Henbant Fawr
Prominently-sited on high ground approximately 0.6km NE of Llanbedr church at the end of a minor road.
II Barn at Henbant Fach
On E side of the house.
II Henbant Fach
Approximately 0.6km NE of Llanbedr church at the end of a minor road passing Henbant Fawr.
II Barn at Penyrheol
On W side of farm yard opposite house.
II Penyrheol including attached former byre
Approximately 0.5km E of Llanbedr church at NE corner of a junction between minor roads to Grwyne Fechan and Henbant Fawr.
II Gudder
Approximately 0.5km E of Llanbedr church set back from E side of a minor road through Grwyne Fechan.
II Upper Cwm Bridge
Approximately 0.2km E of Llanbedr church, crossing the Grwyne Fechan, and reached by path from the church.

BritishListedBuildings.co.uk is an independent online resource and is not associated with any government department. All government data published here is used under licence. Please do not contact BritishListedBuildings.co.uk for any queries related to any individual listed building, planning permission related to listed buildings or the listing process itself.

British Listed Buildings is a Good Stuff website.

British Listed Buildings

History in Structure

Byre at Henbant Fawr

A Grade II Listed Building in The Vale of Grwyney (Cwm Grwyne), Powys