History
Built as a barn and stable in the early C19 and marked on the 1840 Tithe map of Llanybyther. It was converted to a cow house in the mid C20.
Exterior
Limewashed rubble-stone farm building under a slate roof, part of which had collapsed at the time of inspection in October 2020. Facing the yard the original full-height wagon bay doorway has been blocked. To its R is a boarded door and small-pane window to the former stable. Abutting the rear of the building is a corrugated-iron hay shed, concealing a winnowing doorway in the back wall, above which is a rough aperture made by insertion of a shaft, which allowed a portable engine to aid threshing. A corrugated-iron lean is built against the R-hand, downhill, gable end.
Interior
The interior has been converted to a cow house, by means of rendering the lower part of the walls and insertion of concrete stalls. The 6-bay roof has collar-beam trusses.
Reasons for Listing
Listed, notwithstanding the poor condition of the roof, as an integral component of a rare well-preserved early-C19 farm group retaining strong original character, with interior detail documenting the trend toward dairy farming in the mid C20.
External Links
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Recommended Books
Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
Period Property Manual (New Ed)
Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)