Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
30/11/1966
Date of Amendment
28/11/2003
Name of Property
Remains of monastic grange at Penallt Farm
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Location
On the SW side of the farm. Penallt is 1km SSE of Llansaint and on the S side of the Ferryside to Kidwelly road.
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
History
Probably part of a C16 grange belonging to Kidwelly Priory. Upstanding remains belong to the W side of what was probably originally an L-shaped block.
Exterior
A rubble-stone wall approximately 25m long and up to 6m high, forms the outer W wall of a 2-storey block. A rectangular projection is L of centre, perhaps for a stair, to the L of which are 2 windows in the lower storey with segmental heads, and openings for 4 windows above. To the R of the projection is a doorway and 1st floor corbels, perhaps for a stack. Further R is a single window in the upper storey and doorway near the R end. Behind are return walls and rear wall enclosing rooms, with field walls attached at both ends. Overgrown with ivy at the time of inspection.
Reason for designation
Listed as the ruins of a once substantial monastic grange.
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