Range including pigsties, laundry, slaughter house, cartsheds and coalshed at Llwydiarth Esgob Farm

This range of farm buildings at Llwydiarth Esgob Farm incorporates pigsties, a laundry, a slaughter house, cartsheds, and a coalshed. The structure dates from the 18th century, with later additions.

The range comprises a two-storey, gabled bay to the left, containing former pigsties and a laundry, attached to a single-storey range that houses the slaughter house, cartsheds, and coalshed. The left-hand bay has rubble walls and a re-slated slate roof, while the rest of the range has similar materials. The left end features a tall, wide doorway inserted into what was formerly a window opening. This bay originally contained pigsties on the ground floor with stone-built yards abutting the left end, and a laundry above, accessible via a stone stair (partly demolished). The pigsty yards have slate feeding chutes, and the original openings into the laundry below are now infilled, retaining brick arched heads. The laundry’s left return has a cruciform timber window with shutters, and a 12-pane sash window to the rear with internal panelled shutters.

To the right of the former laundry is the slaughter house, featuring two broad, boarded doors, one leading to the slaughter room. A two-bay cowhouse is behind the slaughter house, with a door in the gable wall featuring an arched stone head and windows with 3-panes over 2 shutters on either side. Attached to the right of the slaughter house is a three-bay cartshed, with a one-bay cartshed and coalshed added to the right gable, creating a stepped down ridge line. The coalshed has a doorway with a brick arched head and a boarded door.

Internally, the laundry has been opened into one room. The slaughter house has three roof bays with collared roof trusses, and a large beam at high level incorporating a wooden pulley, reportedly used for controlling animals. A small aperture in the wall connects to a room to the left; the owner states this was also used to control animals by pulling on a rope. A large open boiler is located in the left corner of the slaughter house. The cartshed's roof is supported by a kingpost roof truss with struts.

Group value is evident as these buildings are a significant element of the farmstead’s historical character.