Lodge of Pen-y-fal, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.8231 / 51°49'23"N

Longitude: -3.0092 / 3°0'33"W

OS Eastings: 330539

OS Northings: 214308

OS Grid: SO305143

Mapcode National: GBR F6.W668

Mapcode Global: VH796.SFJS

Plus Code: 9C3RRXFR+68

Entry Name: Lodge of Pen-y-fal

Listing Date: 15 June 1992

Last Amended: 10 November 2005

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 2871

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300002871

Location: At the south corner of the main site entrance, set back from the road. Approximately 1 km from the town centre.

County: Monmouthshire

Town: Abergavenny

Community: Abergavenny (Y Fenni)

Community: Abergavenny

Locality: Pen-y-fal

Built-Up Area: Abergavenny

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

Tagged with: Gatehouse

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History

Probably built at the time of the first Joint County Lunatic Asylum building, opened in 1851; architect - Thomas Fulljames of Fulljames and Waller of Gloucester. It survives with very little alteration apart from a small single storey wing to rear.

Exterior

Built of local coursed squared red sandstone rubble with Bath freestone dressings, natural slate roof with stone chimney stacks. L-shaped single storey and attic Gothic style lodge. The south-east front facing the road has a gabled wing to the left and the main entrance to the right. Two-light windows to the gable with quatrefoil oculus to the upper floor, trefoil heads to the lights. The main roof at right angles sweeps down to the porch creating an asymmetrical north-east gable; triangular dormer with trefoil light. The porch has a flat parapet with ballflower cornice continued around square gate pier attached at the corner; the latter also has trefoil band and swept pyramidal cap with finial. Pointed arch doorway with stopped dripmould; narrow window to left. Further entrance (half-glazed) around the corner behind the gate post; chamfered arch. Similar 2-light upper window to the north-east gable, facing the drive, over splayed bay unusually set back in splayed recess; small pointed arches over the splays to either side. Steeply pitched roofs with coped gables and large stone chimney stacks, one on the ridge and a lateral one with offsets on the left return.
Modern windows to gable facing church. Short repointed section of wall forward to left.

Interior

Interior not inspected at resurvey.

Reasons for Listing

Included for group value with Pen-y-Fal Apartments and the associated historic items.

External Links

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Chapel of former Pen-y-fal Hospital
To the south-west of the main building and immediately to the north-west of the Lodge, but situated rather below the drive.
II Octagonal Shelter 1 in the grounds to south-west of Pen-y-fal
Between the main (south-west) elevation of Pen-y-fal Apartments and the drive, surrounded by lawns. This example is set into a tarmacked path on a terraced section towards the south-east end.
II Rectangular Shelter in the grounds of Pen-y-fal
Between the main (south-west) elevation of Pen-y-fal Apartments and the drive. Surrounded by lawns near the main entrance approach.
II Parc Pen-y-fal (former main hospital building)
Large site between the Afon Gavenny, below to west and the Hereford railway line, above to east. Faces south-west on the eastern edge of Abergavenny, approximately 1km from the town centre.
II Octagonal Shelter 2 in the grounds to south of Pen-y-fal
Situated towards the south-east end of the site. Lawns rise steeply to south-east.
II Octagonal Shelter 3 in the grounds to south of Pen-y-fal
High up, on top of the grassed bank at the south-east end of the site overlooking the open courtyards behind the former Infirmary; beside the rubble perimeter wall.
II Octagonal Shelter 6 in the grounds of Pen-y-fal
Between the main (south-west) elevation of Pen-y-fal Apartments and the drive, surrounded by lawns. This example is set into a tarmacked path towards the north-west end, forward from the projecting g
II Octagonal Shelter 5 in the grounds to north of Pen-y-fal
At the rear of the main front block close to the north-west ventilation tower and near the boundary wall; on terraced site.

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Lodge of Pen-y-fal

A Grade II Listed Building in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire