Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
24158
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/10/2000
Date of Amendment
19/10/2000
Name of Property
Pen Pye Farmhouse (aka Pen-y-pye)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Grosmont
Town
Abergavenny
Locality
Pen Pye
Easting
339370
Northing
223117
Street Side
Location
Approximately 2 km SW of Grosmont, approached along a long farm track which runs NW off the minor road to Trevyr.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
Late C16 or early C17 farmhouse.
Exterior
Small farmhouse of c1600. Whitewashed rubble stone; slate roof with stone end-stacks, one with brick cap. Two storeys. S front has large square stack (to left) and smaller stack with moulded cap and water tabling (right). First floor has two 2+2 pane casement windows and ground floor, entrance doorway with boarded door. N elevation on ground floor has C19 6-pane horned sash window with shallow flat timber lintel, and blocked opening with similar lintel (to right). Attached to W gable are ruins of a timber framed building. Attached to E gable is single-storey lean-to with stone tile roof.
Interior
One-unit plan with gable entry. C19 boarded entrance door, opposite is Tudor arched doorway to lean-to. Ground floor has chamfered ceiling beams with hollow and fillet (Wern-hir) stops. Fireplace stair with plank and batten door; winding stone stair. First floor has chamfered fireplace lintel with similar stops.
Reason for designation
Well-preserved C16-C17 farmhouse with unusual single unit storeyed plan. Group value with nearby barn at Pen Pye.
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