Pensianel Pigsty, Dyffryn Clydach, Neath Port Talbot

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6706 / 51°40'14"N

Longitude: -3.8411 / 3°50'28"W

OS Eastings: 272777

OS Northings: 198471

OS Grid: SS727984

Mapcode National: GBR H1.5VZR

Mapcode Global: VH4K5.C8QP

Plus Code: 9C3RM5C5+6G

Entry Name: Pensianel Pigsty

Listing Date: 26 May 1972

Last Amended: 22 December 2003

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 11770

Building Class: Agriculture and Subsistence

ID on this website: 300011770

Location: In an overgrown site some 90m NE of the house at Darren Farm and approximately 170m S of Darren Court.

County: Neath Port Talbot

Town: Neath

Community: Dyffryn Clydach

Locality: Skewen

Built-Up Area: Neath

Traditional County: Glamorgan

Tagged with: Pigsty

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History

Late C18 or early C19 corbelled pigsty. 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 with walls of courses of stones with little mortar. Circular plan, with rendered pointed dome roof constructed by slightly corbelling in each successive course of thin stones and the apex capped with a curved finial stone. Narrow door on S side with stone slab lintel.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a very rare and unusual example of a disappearing building type using an ancient form of construction.

External Links

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Quaker's Viaduct (partly in Dyffryn Clydach community)
Spanning Drymau Road on the E side of the village and N of the main A4230.
II Quaker's Viaduct (partly in Coedffranc community)
Spanning Drymau Road on the E side of Skewen and some 125m N of the main A4230.
II Former forge and rolling mill at Neath Abbey Ironworks
On the E side of the River Clydach some 220m N of the Neath Abbey railway viaduct.
II Horeb Chapel
Centrally located in the village facing the main A4230; Bethlehem Road to rear.
II Gorphwysfa Chapel
Set back from the street behind forecourt gates and railings W of the junction with Drymau Road.
II Tabernacle Chapel
Facing the street running from the S side of the A4230 through the village.
II Former icehouse to Dyffryn House
In an overgrown site at the edge of a field some 200m SW of the site of Dyffryn House and approximately 450m SW of the Church of St Matthew.
II Forge tramroad bridge at Neath Abbey Ironworks (partly in Blaenhonddan community)
Crossing the River Clydach some 125m N of the Neath Abbey railway viaduct.

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Pensianel Pigsty

A Grade II Listed Building in Dyffryn Clydach, Neath Port Talbot