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Blaengavenny Farmhouse, Llanvihangel Crucorney

Coordinates: 51°52′16″N 3°00′07″W / 51.8712°N 3.0019°W / 51.8712; -3.0019
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Blaengavenny Farmhouse
"an exceptionally interesting late medieval house"
TypeFarmhouse
LocationLlanvihangel Crucorney, Monmouthshire
Coordinates51°52′16″N 3°00′07″W / 51.8712°N 3.0019°W / 51.8712; -3.0019
BuiltLate medieval
Architectural style(s)Vernacular
Governing bodyPrivately owned
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameBlaengavenny Farmhouse
Designated9 January 1956
Reference no.2003
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameBarn at Blaengavenny Farm
Designated29 January 1998
Reference no.19250
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameGranary and malthouse at Blaengavenny Farm
Designated29 January 1998
Reference no.19259
Blaengavenny Farmhouse, Llanvihangel Crucorney is located in Monmouthshire
Blaengavenny Farmhouse, Llanvihangel Crucorney
Location of Blaengavenny Farmhouse in Monmouthshire

Blaengavenny Farmhouse, Llanvihangel Crucorney, Monmouthshire is a farmhouse of late medieval origins. It is a Grade II* listed building. Its adjacent barn and granary have separate Grade II listings.

History

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Cadw dates the earliest parts of the farmhouse to the period 1480–1520.[1] In the 17th century, the hall was sub-divided creating an upper floor, with other work being undertaken. This later building is indicated by a date stone set in the porch with a date 1621.[1] The Cadw listing record describes the farm as "exceptionally interesting with only minor alterations since 1621".[1] It remains the private farmhouse to a working farm.[2]

Architecture and description

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The architectural historian John Newman describes the farmhouse as; "largely single-storeyed, consisting of two parts.[3] Sir Cyril Fox and Lord Raglan, in the first of their three-volume study Monmouthshire Houses, give a plan showing the typical hall house layout.[4] Peter Smith, in his study Houses of the Welsh Countryside, records Blaengavenny as an example of a half timbered house, a type relatively rare in Wales and generally located, as here, proximate to the England–Wales border.[5] The farmhouse is Grade II* listed,[1] with its barn and granary having separate, Grade II listings.[6][7]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d Cadw. "Blaengavenny Farmhouse (Grade II*) (2003)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ Davies, Richard (17 July 2008). "Success for Pandy Show". South Wales Argus.
  3. ^ Newman 2000, p. 357.
  4. ^ Fox & Raglan 1994a, pp. 80–83.
  5. ^ Smith 1975, pp. 380–385.
  6. ^ Cadw. "Barn at Blaengavenny Farm (Grade II) (19250)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  7. ^ Cadw. "Granary and malthouse at Blaengavenny Farm (Grade II) (19259)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

References

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