Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
The Nook and The Cottage
Penrice, Swansea, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Oxwich, Penrice, Swansea, designated on 16 April 1973.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 16 April 1973
- Locality
- Oxwich
- Community
- Penrice
- Unitary authority
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.55790, -4.16728
- Cadw reference
- 15859
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1930 · OS Popular Edition 1919-1947 (National Library of Scotland)
Cadw's description
Location
Centrally in Oxwich village, on the north side of the village street.
History
Pair of C18 cottages, named The Nook and The Cottage, probably of one build.
John Wesley stayed at The Nook on five occasions during his preaching tours of south Wales between 1764 and 1771.
Exterior
Two-storey pair of cottages in rubble masonry with thatched roof including eyebrows. Whitewashed rendering. Low end-chimneys and low mid-chimney, also whitewashed, each with one pot. Small four-pane wooden casements above, larger below. Open gabled porches supported by struts.
The left cottage (The Cottage) is single-fronted, with one window centrally above and a door and window below. Modern extension at left. The right cottage (The Nook) is double fronted and symmetrical. Slate plaque commemorating Wesley's visits to right of porch. Modern extension at rear. The left cottage has a brick forecourt, the right cottage has a forecourt enclosed by a whitewashed rubble stonework wall with a steel gate.
Reason for designation
Listed as a pair of small vernacular cottages which have retained their character and make a contribution to the conservation area.
Nearby in the register
- Margaret's CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Limekiln in Oxwich WoodIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Limestone Quarry and Kiln at OxwichLimekilnunder 1 mi
- Tower NE of Oxwich CastleTowerunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.