Full Report for Listed Buildings


The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.

Summary Description


Reference Number
26763
Building Number
 
Grade
II*  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
17/07/2002  
Date of Amendment
17/07/2002  
Name of Property
Dovecote and barn at Penmon Priory  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Isle of Anglesey  
Community
Llangoed  
Town
 
Locality
Penmon  
Easting
263114  
Northing
380718  
Street Side
 
Location
Set at the S side of a country road leading to the SE tip of the island at Black Point, or Trwyn Du, Penmon.  

Description


Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence  
Period
 

History
Late C16 or early C17 dovecote, built c1600 and abutted by a later, probably C18, threshing barn.  

Exterior
Built of roughly coursed rubble masonry, the dovecote is square in plan with a corbelled stone roof dome surmounted by a a hexagonal latern with small stone dome carried on 6 moulded piers. Below the eaves is a plain square string. The square headed doorway opens out to the road to the N; a small square opening above and corresponding openings in the S and W walls. The abutting barn is now roofless, with wide opposing segmentally arched doors with voussoir heads and flanking ventilation slits.  

Interior
The interior of the dovecote is lined with nesting holes and there is a circular tower with steps in the centre.  

Reason for designation
Listed as an excellent, well-preserved, late C16 or early C17 dovecote of striking architectural form and adjoining barn standing at the heart of a rich historic landscape which includes the adjacent Priory church with surrounding conventual buildings, the nearby holy well and cell and also the monastic remains at Ynys Seiriol. Ancient Monument No 1/1838/AN 061 (ANG) G.  

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