Croft Farm Barn | |
Type: | Barn |
Map Relief: | yes |
Coordinates: | 51.8556°N -2.902°W |
Location: | Llantilio Crossenny, Monmouthshire |
Built: | c.1550 |
Governing Body: | Privately owned |
Designation1: | Grade II* listed building |
Designation1 Offname: | Barn at Croft Farm |
Designation1 Date: | 19 November 1953 |
Designation1 Number: | 2077 |
The Barn at Croft Farm, Llantilio Crossenny, Monmouthshire is a remarkably rare example of a 16th-century barn. Originally built as part of the Great Tre-Rhew Estate, it is a Grade II* listing building.
The barn was constructed circa. 1550 as a corn barn. The barn's importance was noticed by Sir Cyril Fox and Lord Raglan who recorded it in their three-volume guide Monmouthshire Houses. By the 21st century, it was in a state of dereliction[1] and on the Buildings at Risk register but is now in the process of being restored.[2]
The architectural historian John Newman describes Croft Farm Barn as "remarkable". The barn is cruck-framed with weatherboarding to the ground floor and with wattle panels above. The building materials are stone and timber. The barn is listed Grade II*, its listing record noting its "exceptionally rare (status) and fine carpentry".
. John Newman (architectural historian). The Buildings of Wales. Gwent/Monmouthshire. 2000. Penguin. London. 0-14-071053-1.