Llanwenarth House

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Coordinates: 51 ° 49 ′ 10 ″  N , 3 ° 4 ′ 36 ″  W.

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Llanweanrth House is a small country house on the B4246 west of Govilon and Llanfoist , just south of Abergavenny in the River Usk valley of Monmouthshire in Wales . It was built at the end of the 16th century, although the dining room and some of the furniture are from Georgian times.

history

The exact year of construction of the building is no longer known, but there are land registry entries from 1602 mentioning the house. The Morgan family lived in the building in the 17th and 18th centuries. Dassie Morgan mentioned the house in her legacy dated October 7, 1620, which also called for the repair of the then nearby Llanweanrth Bridge. For many years the building was known as Ty-mawr , which means "the big house". At the end of the 18th century, Joshua Morgan lived in the house, a man who was Sheriff of Monmouthshire. A descendant of the Morgan, James Humfrey, who studied at Trinity College , owned the house for a period in the 19th century.

architecture

The house has been on the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest since September 1, 1956 and is classified as Grade II * . The hotel is three stories high and comprises three bays with a bay window on each story. There is an annex to the left of the house as seen from the main road, which is known for the Georgian open fireplace. The Good Hotel Guide describes the decor of the house as being "delightfully eccentric". In 2002 the building comprised five double guest rooms, one of them on the ground floor; In 1988 there were only four guest rooms.

supporting documents

  1. ^ A b c d Caroline Raphael, Desmond Balmer: The Good Hotel Guide 2002 . Ebury Press London, 2001, p. 400.
  2. ^ A b c Thomas Nicholas: Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales . Genealogical Publishing Com, August 1, 1991, ISBN 9780806313146 , p. 778 (Retrieved April 26, 2011).
  3. ↑ a b Joseph Alfred Bradney: History of Monmouthshire from the Coming of the Normans Into Wales Down to the Present Time . Academy Books, 1992, ISBN 9781873361139 .
  4. ^ Monthly magazine and British register . Printed for R. Phillips, 1798, p. 233 (accessed April 26, 2011).
  5. ^ Llanwenarth House ( English ) British Listed Buildings. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
  6. ^ Tamara Grosvenor: Britain & Ireland . Interlink Books, March 1, 2004, ISBN 9781566565363 , p. 138 (accessed April 27, 2011).
  7. ↑ Remar Sutton: Body worry . Penguin, April 5, 1988, ISBN 9780140097443 (Retrieved March 27, 2011).

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