Corbelled pigsty at Penddeugae Fach, Troed-y-rhiw, Merthyr Tydfil

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.7044 / 51°42'15"N

Longitude: -3.3306 / 3°19'50"W

OS Eastings: 308149

OS Northings: 201466

OS Grid: SO081014

Mapcode National: GBR HQ.3YRJ

Mapcode Global: VH6D5.7F38

Plus Code: 9C3RPM39+QQ

Entry Name: Corbelled pigsty at Penddeugae Fach

Listing Date: 29 July 2003

Last Amended: 29 July 2003

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 81723

Building Class: Agriculture and Subsistence

ID on this website: 300081723

Location: Situated close to and on the NW side of the farmhouse at Penddeugae Fach some 1.5km SE of the centre of Troed-y-rhiw.

County: Merthyr Tydfil

Community: Troed-y-rhiw

Community: Troed-y-Rhiw

Locality: Troed-y-rhiw

Traditional County: Glamorgan

Tagged with: Pigsty

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History

Late C18 or early C19 circular pigsty of beehive shape, one of a small group of such structures surviving in the county. The date range for this style of pigsty in Glamorgan is uncertain, but they are noted as early as 1796 by travellers and the latest dated example is 1856 in Gwent.

Exterior

Circular pigsty, rubble stone in courses of thin stones with little mortar, probably originally rendered and whitewashed. Circular plan, battered walls curving in to pointed dome roof constructed by slightly corbelling in each successive course and the apex capped with a curved pyramidal finial stone. Narrow door with iron lintels. Tiny window to right.

Interior

Circular interior with domical roof of coursed stones corbelled in to flat small capstone.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a survivor of a highly unusual and distinctive Welsh vernacular building type.

External Links

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Corbelled pigsty at Penddeugae Fach

A Grade II Listed Building in Troed-y-rhiw, Merthyr Tydfil