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Court Farm Barn, Llanthony Priory
Court Farm Barn, Llanthony Priory, Monmouthshire, is a barn of late medieval origins that forms part of a group of historic buildings in the priory complex. It is a Grade I listed building. HistoryThe original barn was constructed as the gatehouse to Llanthony Priory.[1] It is of 12th-century origins.[1] 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.[1] 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.[2] Architecture and descriptionThe 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.[1] The architectural historian John Newman describes the building as having been "extended and brutally adapted after the Dissolution."[3] One gable end has "a full-width arch...and above it a handsome group of three lancets."[3] It also has two notable cusped windows, dating from the 14th century.[4] Notes
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