Court Farm Barn, Llanthony Priory

Court Farm Barn, Llanthony Priory, Monmouthshire is a barn of late medieval origins which forms part of a group of historic buildings in the priory complex. It is a Grade I listed building.

Court Farm Barn
End wall of the barn
TypeBarn
LocationLlanthony, Monmouthshire
Coordinates51.9447°N 3.0387°W / 51.9447; -3.0387
BuiltC.12th century onwards
Governing bodyCADW
Listed Building – Grade I
Official name: Barn at Court Farm with the attached precinct wall
Designated9 January 1956
Reference no.1941
Location of Court Farm Barn in Monmouthshire

History

The original barn was constructed as the gatehouse to Llanthony Priory.[1] It is of 12th century origins.[2] Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the mid-16th century, the building was converted to secular use as a barn.[1] Subsequently, it fell into ruin.[2] In the 19th century the Llanthony estate was purchased by the poet Walter Savage Landor and it is possible that he undertook some reconstruction.[1] The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales Coflein database records a second period of reconstruction in the 19th century but does not attribute this to Landor.[3]

Architecture and description

The barn is constructed of Old Red Sandstone rubble with a tiled roof.[1] The interior has "a much earlier look" than the exterior, and may comprise more of the original 12th century work.[2] The architectural historian John Newman describes the building as having been "extended and brutally adapted after the Dissolution.".[4] One gable end (see photograph) has "a full-width arch..and above it a handsome group of three lancets."[4] It also has two notable cusped windows, dating from the 14th century.[5]

Notes
  1. "Listed Buildings – Full Report – HeritageBill Cadw Assets – Reports". Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  2. "Barn at Court Farm with the attached precinct wall, Crucorney, Monmouthshire". British Listed Buildings Online. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  3. "LLANTHONY PRIORY GATEHOUSE - Coflein". www.coflein.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  4. Newman 2000, p. 350.
  5. "Remnants of Llanthony Prima". www.monasticwales.org. Monastic Wales - A Comprehensive Database of Sites and Sources. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
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