Barn at Cathedine Fawr, Llangors, Powys

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9271 / 51°55'37"N

Longitude: -3.2433 / 3°14'35"W

OS Eastings: 314606

OS Northings: 226127

OS Grid: SO146261

Mapcode National: GBR YW.NN5F

Mapcode Global: VH6C1.QTSK

Plus Code: 9C3RWQG4+RM

Entry Name: Barn at Cathedine Fawr

Listing Date: 21 August 1998

Last Amended: 21 August 1998

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 20308

Building Class: Agriculture and Subsistence

ID on this website: 300020308

Location: Built into hillside just N of house with farmyard between.

County: Powys

Community: Llangors (Llan-gors)

Community: Llangors

Locality: Cathedine

Traditional County: Brecknockshire

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History

Probably earlier C18 with some rebuilding at SW. Paired threshing floors are relatively rare and denote the prosperity of the farm and area.

Cathedine Fawr is dated 1699 and was the home of the Vaughan family.

Exterior

Large 8 bay barn of stone rubble with Welsh slate and stone tiled roof, aligned E/W. Pairs of opposing doorways E and W, doorway SW altered; one main tier of ventilation slits with stone lintels to front and timber to rear, 2 to gable end. To accommodate sloping ground, W end has deep plinth; ground level is also substantially higher behind barn. Atttached to SW corner is a rubble wall forming main farmyard boundary and bordering yard in front of byre.

Interior

Pegged trusses have tie beams and struts and 3 rows of trenched purlins; sharp arises to deep splays of ventilation slits; stone flag threshing floor.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a good and large early barn retaining one pitch of stone tiles.

Group value with Cathedine Fawr farmhouse and byre.

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Byre at Cathedine Fawr
At right angles to the barn at a lower level and separated from it by a wall which forms a small separate yard fronting the byre.
II* Cathedine Fawr farmhouse including attached kitchen and granary range
On rising ground overlooking Llangorse Lake from E, just above the main road to Llangorse village and N of the hamlet of Cathedine.
II Gilfach
On rising ground, midway between the E edge of Llangorse Lake and Mynydd Llangors, SE of Llangors village.
II Barn and stable range N of Lower Cathedine farmhouse
Forming the N and W sides of the original farmyard at Cathedine, the house and farm range forming E and S sides, with main barn end on to road.
II Walled garden at Treholford
On the slope above Treholford E of the house.
II Lower Cathedine farmhouse and attached farm range to W.
In the hamlet of Cathedine a little N of the church and backing onto the road to Llangors.
II Treholford
In the hamlet of Cathedine, on rising ground above the main road to E and Cathedine church, and reached by a lane and drive.
II Church of St Michael
Stands above the SE bank of Llangorse Lake and just below the main road between Bwlch and Llangors in a steeply sloping churchyard bordered to E by a stone wall with railings and gatepiers.

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Barn at Cathedine Fawr

A Grade II Listed Building in Llangors, Powys