Nantybanw, Llantrisant

House in Llantrisant, Monmouthshire
51°40′15″N 2°51′31″W / 51.6709°N 2.8585°W / 51.6709; -2.8585Built1625Architectural style(s)VernacularGoverning bodyPrivately owned
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameNantybanwDesignated4 March 1952Reference no.2716
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameBarn range at NantybanwDesignated22 June 2000Reference no.23500
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameCider House at NantybanwDesignated22 June 2000Reference no.23501
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameMill house at NantybanwDesignated22 June 2000Reference no.23502
Nantybanw, Llantrisant is located in Monmouthshire
Nantybanw, Llantrisant
Location of Nantybanw in Monmouthshire

Nantybanw, Llantrisant in Monmouthshire, Wales is a country house dating from 1625. The house is Grade II* listed and the associated farm buildings have their own Grade II listings.

History

Nantybanw has a datestone of 1625[1] and was long-thought to have been constructed entirely in that mid-17th century period. Recent research shows a more confused genesis. RCAHMW suggests that a reconstruction c.1600 of an earlier house, was continued by the addition of extensions dating from 1625.[2] The house was reconstructed in the 19th century and fully restored in the 20th. This restoration saw the inclusion of doors and doorcases from a demolished house, Graig Olway, Llangeview, and the insertion of a new staircase modelled on that at Upper Dyffryn House, Grosmont.[1] Nantybanw remains a private residence.

Architecture and description

The house is of two storeys, with attics, and is constructed to a T-plan. It is built of whitewashed rubble.[2] The architectural historian John Newman, notes the "typical but not especially rich timber fittings" of the interior.[1] Peter Smith records the house as possessing examples of the "typical Welsh ornate doorheads" in his work Houses of the Welsh Countryside.[3] The house is listed Grade II*, its listing record describing it as "an important early 17th century house (with a) great deal of surviving original detail".[2] The associated barn range,[4] cider barn[5] and mill house have their own, Grade II, listings.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Newman 2000, p. 359.
  2. ^ a b c Cadw. "Nantybanw (Grade II*) (2716)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  3. ^ Smith 1988, p. 505.
  4. ^ Cadw. "Nantybanw barn range (Grade II) (23500)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  5. ^ Cadw. "Nantybanw cider house (Grade II) (23501)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  6. ^ Cadw. "Nantybanw mill house (Grade II) (23502)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 14 April 2019.

References

  • Newman, John (2000). Gwent/Monmouthshire. The Buildings of Wales. London: Penguin. ISBN 0-14-071053-1.
  • Smith, Peter (1988). Houses of the Welsh Countryside. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. ISBN 9-78011-300012-8.