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Pentwyn, Llanllowell

Coordinates: 51°41′14″N 2°52′52″W / 51.6873°N 2.8812°W / 51.6873; -2.8812
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Pentwyn
"a Georgian reconstruction of an important 16th century house"
TypeFarmhouse
LocationLlanllowell, Monmouthshire
Coordinates51°41′14″N 2°52′52″W / 51.6873°N 2.8812°W / 51.6873; -2.8812
Builtc.1560–1570
Architectural style(s)Vernacular
Governing bodyPrivately owned
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official namePentwyn
Designated18 November 1980
Reference no.2717
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameBarn at Pentwyn
Designated22 June 2000
Reference no.23499
Pentwyn, Llanllowell is located in Monmouthshire
Pentwyn, Llanllowell
Location of Pentwyn in Monmouthshire

Pentwyn, Llanllowell, Monmouthshire is a farmhouse dating from the mid-16th century. The house is Grade II* listed, with the adjacent barn having its own Grade II listing.

History and description

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Sir Cyril Fox and Lord Raglan, in their three-volume study Monmouthshire Houses, date the building to 1560–1570.[1] They describe it as originally constructed to an L-plan. The house was rebuilt in the 18th century.[2] On a tithe map of 1837, Pentwyn is recorded as being in the ownership of a Thomas James, and being farmed with 161 acres by a Mattias Goff.[2] The 1895 Kelly's Directory for Monmouthshire records an Evans Francis as being resident.[3]

The architectural historian John Newman describes Pentwyn as "conspicuously sited on a hillock overlooking the River Usk.[4] The farmhouse is of 2 storeys and the entrance front dates from the Georgian remodelling.[2] Fox and Raglan, and Newman,[4] note the early use of stone mullioned windows, Fox and Raglan assigning the farmhouse to their "exotic" grouping of Monmouthshire houses on this basis.[1] Pentwyn has a Grade II* listing, its listing describing it as "a Georgian reconstruction of an important 16th century house",[2] while the 18th century barn has a Grade II listing.[5]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Fox & Raglan 1994, p. 89.
  2. ^ a b c d Cadw. "Pentwyn, Llanllowell (Grade II*) (2717)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Llanllowell / Llanllywel (Monmouthshire) – Extract from Kelly's Directory, 1895". places.wishful-thinking.org.uk.
  4. ^ a b Newman 2000, p. 324.
  5. ^ Cadw. "Barn at Pentwyn Farm (Grade II) (23499)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 18 April 2022.

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