There is a single ceiling beam remaining, this has holes for joists and an unstopped narrow chamfer.

The wall between the barn/cowshed has been removed and replaced with a modern brickwork wall.

The development of the site may be summarised as follows – barn/cowshed of 17th -18th century date. House added later 18th century. House raised and given decorative façade, 19th century.”















To add a personal note.

When in my early teens in the early 1950’s, during weekends and school holidays, I used to “work” at Penybanc Farm, to which Ty Mawr belonged. I say “worked” in the very loosest terms since my cousins, John and Garry Coggan, the two Pullen brothers, who all lived in Penybanc, and myself, who lived in Fochriw, were very friendly with William Morgan whose family owned and worked the farm.

We used to be let loose during the hay-making season to turn over the rows of cut grass to ensure that it dried properly and then, when it was ready to collect, drive the tractor which pulled a trailer called a “gambo” on which the hay was piled and transported.

This was in the days when the farm did not have a hay bailer.

The hay was handled by means of pitchforks and when the field had been cleared of the bulk of its hay, we then had to go over the field with hay rakes, which gathered up all the loose hay thus ensuring that all that was possible was collected.