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Porth y Pentre

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanover, Monmouthshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.7774 / 51°46'38"N

Longitude: -3.0053 / 3°0'18"W

OS Eastings: 330741

OS Northings: 209230

OS Grid: SO307092

Mapcode National: GBR F6.Z75L

Mapcode Global: VH79D.VLL8

Plus Code: 9C3RQXGV+XV

Entry Name: Porth y Pentre

Listing Date: 9 December 2005

Last Amended: 26 June 2006

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 87175

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300087175

Location: On the east side of the A4052 at the north-western extremity of Llanover Park.

County: Monmouthshire

Town: Abergavenny

Community: Llanover (Llanofer)

Community: Llanover

Locality: Llanover Park

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

Tagged with: Gatehouse

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History

This building is a part of the Llanover Park of Benjamin Hall designed by Thomas Hopper and built 1828-37. The lodge is likely to be from the final years of the campaign and thus c1835. The house was demolished in 1935 and the stables became redundant. This is the last surviving part of the Hopper work in good condition.

Exterior

Built of red sandstone ashlar for the gate-tower and coursed, squared rubble for the lodge and attached walling. Entrance lodge and gateway in the manner of the courtyard entry of an Elizabethan country house. The gate-tower is two storeys with a slightly off-centre 2-centred archway which has a dripmould with square stops, double oak gates. Slightly wider walling to the left of the arch to house the stair, which has two slit windows. Above the arch is a rectangular sunk panel and above that a 4-light stone mullioned window, the lights with 4-centred heads, dripmould over. Stringcourse, castellated parapet, turret for the stairhead, chimneys to either side.
The lodge is otherwise single storey and lean-to on the inside of the park wall, but this was not seen. The inner face of the tower was not seen either.

Interior

Interior not seen at resurvey.

Reasons for Listing

Included for its special interest as being a part of the additions to the Llanover Park estate in the early/mid C19 designed by Thomas Hopper for Sir Benjamin Hall.

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    On the east side of the A4052 by the junction with the minor road to the parish church and near the North Gate to Llanover Park.
  • II Court Farm Buildings
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  • II Ochram Mill
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  • II Ty-coch, including attached Granary and Outhouse
    About 300m west of the A4052 on the north side of the minor road to Upper Llanover and Blaenavon.
  • II Barn and attached Stable at Ty-coch
    About 30m from the house across the yard.
  • II Bridge No. 84 Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal
    The canal runs parallel to the A4052, separating Llanover village from Upper Llanover. It forms the eastern boundary of the Brecon Beacons National Park. The bridges are numbered from south to north
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