Historic houses · South Wales
Pwll
Pwll — house in Tregare, Monmouthshire, Wales.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Pwll is a historic house in the United Kingdom — typically a country seat, manor, or town house with notable architecture or history. Heritage designation: Grade II* listed building. Wikidata describes it as: "house in Tregare, Monmouthshire, Wales". Coordinates: 51.7828°, -2.8569°.
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Heritage listing
http://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=en&id=2090
From Cadw under OGL v3.
Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: River Wye SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Pwll, Tregare, Monmouthshire is a medieval cruck-house dating from the late 14th century, with additions in the 17th century. An "extremely rare survival", the house was derelict by the mid-20th century, and was reconstructed in the mid-1990s. It is a Grade II* listed building.
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Background
History
Fox and Raglan, writing in the first volume of their three-volume study Monmouthshire Houses, considered that the original house could "hardly be later than c.1500". A later survey by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales suggested an earlier date from the 14th century. In 1948, when Fox and Raglan visited, they described it as "suitable for Little Red Riding Hood's grandmamma to live in", noting its almost complete state. By the middle of the 20th century, however, the house was derelict. It was restored in 1990-1995. The architectural historian John Newman described Pwll as a "two-unit cruck-truss hall house". The house is constructed of rubble, timber and…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.7828, -2.8569
- District
- Monmouthshire
- Parish
- Mitchel Troy
- Postcode
- NP15 2BY
- Parliamentary constituency
- Monmouthshire
Sources
- wikidata: Q17744281 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Pwll, Tregare (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Pwll?
- Pwll is in South Wales, United Kingdom (postcode NP15 2BY), in the parish of Mitchel Troy.
- Who owns Pwll?
- Pwll is owned by | designation1 = Grade II* Listed Building.
- Is Pwll a listed building?
- Pwll is officially recognised as Grade II* listed building listed.
- Is Pwll a protected site?
- Yes — Pwll is part of the River Wye SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to Pwll?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode NP15 2BY. It sits within the Monmouthshire parliamentary constituency.