Barn with integral stable and attached shelter shed to S of Pentre Wheeler Farmhouse

This is a large barn with an integral cow-house and stable, with a shelter shed attached to the south side of Pentre Wheeler Farmhouse. The building dates to the 19th century, with later alterations.

The barn is constructed of sandstone rubble, with quoins, and originally had a slate roof which has been replaced with white corrugated sheeting. The plan is rectangular, running north-south and facing east, on ground sloping from south to north. The barn itself has three main bays, with a two-bay cow-house at the south end and a single-bay stable at the north end. There are opposed wagon doorways in the central bay of the barn. The eastern doorway has a large, recessed oak doorcase with a stop-chamfered lintel and jambs, and old, damaged board double doors set under a run-out wooden lintel. A tall slit breather is to the left of the doorway, and a smaller doorway with a wooden lintel and corrugated iron door is to the right. The cow-house, at the south end, has doorways on the left and right sides, both with large oak doorcases and board doors on strap hinges. The stable, at the north end, also has a doorcase of the same design, now damaged with a tilted lintel, along with a blocked window to the left and a square, two-light, unglazed loft window under the eaves. A lean-to chicken shed is attached to the north gable, with another loft window in the gable wall above. On the west side of the barn, there is a full-height wagon doorway with damaged double doors, and tall slit breathers on either side. The cow-house has a single slit breather, and the stable has a square opening to the loft. The south gable has a three-light wooden mullioned window to the loft, with the left light blocked, and a slit breather in the apex.

Attached to the east side of the south end is a three-bay shelter shed, dating to the 19th century. This features a massive rubble-built east gable, with rectangular piers of rubble with red brick quoining and a pitched roof now covered with white corrugated sheeting.

Inside the barn, the roof structure features two principal rafter trusses with raked struts. There’s a flat-topped stone partition to the cow-house, with a queen-strut truss above, and a full-height stone partition to the stable. The cow-house contains two axial beams to the loft floor, a board partition to the feeding passage, a large oak feeding trough and a collar truss in the loft. The stable also has axial beams, a wooden feeding trough and an iron hay rack.