Mount Pleasant Farmhouse with attached Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 July 2003. Farmhouse. 6 related planning applications.

Mount Pleasant Farmhouse with attached Barn

WRENN ID
gilded-spandrel-gilt
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Country
Wales
Date first listed
22 July 2003
Type
Farmhouse
Source
Cadw listing

Description

Mount Pleasant Farmhouse with its attached barn dates from the 16th century, constructed of local limestone rubble, with rough rendering to the house and painted surfaces to the barn. The house has a slate roof, while the barn has corrugated steel sheeting. The farmhouse is two storeys high, with an in-line barn also of two storeys, but with a lower roofline. A large projecting rear wing and a smaller outshut are attached to the farmhouse.

The main elevation of the house features a late 20th-century gabled porch, flanked by windows on either side. Above, two more closely spaced windows are set, both with 2 over 2 pane sashes. The roof has a fairly low pitch, punctuated by rubble gable stacks. The gable end of the house contains a small window on the first floor, while the wing features two small windows below and one above, each a small-paned casement. Casement windows are also present at the rear of the house.

The barn's original entrance is a 16th-century hollow chamfered pointed arch doorway, subsequently walled off. The yard elevation incorporates a tall doorway, a door leading to the cowshed, a hayloft door, a small window to the stable, and above, a window to the hayloft and the stable door. Notably, the barn roof has a steeper pitch than the house roof.

Historical records, according to the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW), indicate the farmhouse was originally a hearth passage house, featuring a hall, inner and outer room, and a stone staircase positioned in a cross corner. This original layout is accessible via the Tudor doorway, which no longer connects to the main house. The farmhouse now has a central doorway in a standard Georgian style.

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