Barn to N of The Tower, Talybont-on-Usk, Powys

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9164 / 51°54'59"N

Longitude: -3.3026 / 3°18'9"W

OS Eastings: 310505

OS Northings: 225010

OS Grid: SO105250

Mapcode National: GBR YS.PKFG

Mapcode Global: VH6C6.P3X6

Plus Code: 9C3RWM8W+HX

Entry Name: Barn to N of The Tower

Listing Date: 17 December 1998

Last Amended: 17 December 1998

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 21191

Building Class: Agriculture and Subsistence

ID on this website: 300021191

Location: Just off the S side of the main Abergavenny Brecon Road (A40), the gable end fronting the track leading down to The Tower and the River Usk.

County: Powys

Community: Talybont-on-Usk (Tal-y-bont ar Wysg)

Community: Talybont-on-Usk

Locality: Scethrog

Traditional County: Brecknockshire

Tagged with: Barn

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History

Probably late C16/early C17, with early C19 additions. Probably related to late C16 remodelling of The Tower nearby to S.

Exterior

Large 7 bay barn of stone rubble with steep pitched corrugated roof. Lean-to of stone on S side; small rectangular openings under timber lintels to left (W), extended to right (E) with stone piers forming 7 open bays. Enclosed by corrugated cowshed on N side; this has larger rectangular openings to loft and ground floor doorways with boarded doors under timber lintels. Stone steps to loft at W end with projecting timbers from a former hood above; overgrown loft opening above; door to outshut ground floor right.

Interior

Barn is lofted at W end with a ladder to a second storey loft in corner: formerly plastered, chamfered cross beams and timber partition. Collar and tie trusses and 3 rows of trenched purlins to roof. Openings to right have sharp arises.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a fine sub-medieval barn retaining most of its historic fabric.

Group value with The Tower.

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Other nearby listed buildings

I The Tower
At the S edge of Scethrog hamlet, bordering the River Usk, on a mound and surrounded by a vestigial moat within a stone walled garden. Reached off S side of A40.
II* Scethrog House
In the hamlet of Scethrog, on sloping ground above the River Usk and N of the A40.
II Yr Hen Bersondy (also known as The Old Rectory)
On the E border of the hamlet of Scethrog, reached by a lane to rear, on rising ground above the River Usk.
II Penawr Bridge (Canal Bridge No.151)
E of B 4558 and W of river Usk, NE of Penawr and SE of Pencelli village.
II Castle Bridge (Canal Bridge No. 152)
On S side of Pencelli village, SE of the earthworks of Castle Farm.
II Barn range at Castle Farm
Forming the SE side of the courtyard at Castle Farm, opposite the house.
II* Castle Farm farmhouse
On the E side of Pencelli village surrounded on 3 sides by the former castle earthworks with the canal bordering these to N.
II Granary at Castle Farm
Forming the SW side of the entrance courtyard, opposite the side entrance to the farmhouse.

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Barn to N of The Tower

A Grade II Listed Building in Talybont-on-Usk, Powys