Nantybanw, Llantrisant

Coordinates: 51°40′15″N 2°51′31″W / 51.6709°N 2.8585°W / 51.6709; -2.8585
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Nantybanw
"An important early 17th century house"
TypeHouse
LocationLlantrisant, Monmouthshire
Coordinates51°40′15″N 2°51′31″W / 51.6709°N 2.8585°W / 51.6709; -2.8585
Built1625
Architectural style(s)Vernacular
Governing bodyPrivately owned
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameNantybanw
Designated4 March 1952
Reference no.2716
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameBarn range at Nantybanw
Designated22 June 2000
Reference no.23500
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameCider House at Nantybanw
Designated22 June 2000
Reference no.23501
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameMill house at Nantybanw
Designated22 June 2000
Reference 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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  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.

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