Barn at Pentre-isaf

Stated in 1989 that this former farmhouse was externally clad in corrugated iron; the south wing three-bay with box frame trusses. Rubble north wing with cartshed to left and stables to right. Broad arched cart entry partly blocked red brick voussoirs and slit ventilators to loft. Attached modern brick range.

Stated in 1989 that the four-bay interior reveals the chief interest of this building. It is constructed with three box-frame trusses (tie and collar beams with queen struts) and two cruck trusses. The plan form suggests that it was a true long house with the human and animal accommodation divided by a cross passage. The hall was formed of two unequal bays; fine central cruck truss with arched braces; dais partition formerly to north end - the doorways to the inner rooms still evident. A chimney was never inserted so the timbers show smoke blackening; neither was the building ever storeyed. At the lower end are passage partitions, that to south contains a doorway on the east side; the lower byre could also be reached directly from the outside. An open panel in the south partition, never filled with wattle and daub, suggests that the passage was used for feeding.