Old Trecastle Farmhouse, Pen-y-clawdd

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Old Trecastle Farmhouse
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" an important surviving late medieval to 16th century house"
TypeHouse
LocationPen-y-clawdd, Monmouthshire
Coordinates51°45′32″N 2°47′45″W / 51.7589°N 2.7958°W / 51.7589; -2.7958Coordinates: 51°45′32″N 2°47′45″W / 51.7589°N 2.7958°W / 51.7589; -2.7958
Built16th-17th centuries
Architectural style(s)Vernacular
Governing bodyPrivately owned
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameOld Trecastle Farmhouse
Designated1 May 1952
Reference no.2066
Old Trecastle Farmhouse, Pen-y-clawdd is located in Monmouthshire
Old Trecastle Farmhouse, Pen-y-clawdd
Location of Old Trecastle Farmhouse in Monmouthshire

Old Trecastle Farmhouse, Pen-y-clawdd, Monmouthshire is a farmhouse, originally, a gentry house, dating from the 16th and 17th centuries. It stands on the site of the outworks of a Norman motte-and-bailey castle. The house is Grade II* listed.

History[]

The farmhouse stands on the outworks of a Norman castle, indicating a long habitation history of the site.[1] The present building was constructed as a gentry house in the 16th and 17th centuries under the ownership of the Aylworths, Catholic recusants.[1] In the 19th century, the house, now used as a farmhouse, became part of the Duke of Beaufort's Monmouthshire Troy House estate.[1] It was sold to Monmouthshire County Council in 1900, when the Beauforts divested themselves of their extensive Monmouthshire properties,[1] and is now rented.[2]

Architecture and description[]

Old Trecastle Farmhouse is constructed of whitewashed rubble with a slate roof and chimney stacks of brick. It is a Grade II* listed structure.[1]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Listed Buildings - Full Report - HeritageBill Cadw Assets - Reports". Cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net. 2001-01-31. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  2. ^ Stuff, Good. "Old Trecastle Farmhouse, Raglan, Monmouthshire". www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk.
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