Courtyard of farm buildings at Manorafon is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 24 November 1998. Farm buildings.
Courtyard of farm buildings at Manorafon
- WRENN ID
- broken-flint-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1998
- Type
- Farm buildings
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This is a four-sided farm court, dating from the 18th century, with later 19th-century additions. The buildings are constructed of rubble stone with slate hipped roofs. The arrangement consists of two principal ranges: an entrance range on the west side and a barn range on the east side, originally partially lofted. Lower single-storey cow-sheds stand on the north and south sides. A later 19th-century cart-shed range extends west from the southwest corner.
The west front features a lofted design with seven square loft windows (one now concealed by a later 19th-century addition), and a raised gable above the centre window containing a roundel. An octagonal lantern topped with a lead roof and cockerel weather vane sits on the main ridge behind the gable; C20 slats flank the lantern. The ground floor entrance provides access to a broad throughway, with a similar broad arch blocked to the left and two similar arches obscured by a C20 sliding door. A door is positioned at the extreme left of the west range, with all openings featuring stone voussoirs. The throughway is cobbled and includes a plank door on the south side. The south side of the courtyard, likely originally stabling, has a five-bay design, mirroring the west front with gable, loft windows, and a through-arch. Variations include a window, a door, an added door, a window, a door, and another window on the right side, and a window, a door, an added door, a window and a door on the left side, all featuring stone voussoirs. The south range of cow-sheds had its front wall removed in the 20th century and replaced with timber slats, with one original door surviving at each end. The east barn range has a hipped roof with a tall, cambered-arched barn door at the centre. It features a symmetrical arrangement of vent loops on either side of the barn door, a broad cambered cart-entry, and a door with a loft door above. The vent-loop to the left of the barn door has been enlarged, and the cart-entries are blocked with inserted doors. The rear of the barn has a central projection with a cambered arch. The north range appears to have served as a cow-house; three doors are visible, though the right side is partly obscured by a 20th-century addition.
The later 19th-century cart-shed range, situated at the southwest corner, has a hipped slate roof at the west end, and a north front constructed of rock-faced stone featuring five cambered-arched entries, stone voussoirs, and rock-faced keystones.
The roofs are generally 19th century, utilizing tie-beam and collar construction with wishbone struts; one in the south range is dated DP 1861. The original main principals remain in the west range. The south side of the throughway has a nine-bay roof, one bay over the throughway itself, and an eight-bay roof to the north. The south range has sixteen bays, with four windows on the rear wall. The barn range has later roofs and remnants of belt-driven machinery. The added southwest cart-shed has an undivided interior with a ten-bay roof.
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