Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Archway at Pen-y-clawdd House
Mitchel Troy, Monmouthshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 31 January 2001
- Locality
- Pen-y-clawdd
- Town
- Monmouth
- Community
- Mitchel Troy
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.76355, -2.78861
- Cadw reference
- 24717
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Prominently sited on the edge of the road and some 0.25 km from the crossroads at St Martin's church, Pen-y-clawdd.
History
Neo-classical entrance archway to Penyclawdd House, dated 1861, according to Bradney part of alterations carried out by John Hodges Winslow of Trellech.
Exterior
Entrance screen to Pen-y-clawdd House, red brick with pink stone dressings. Big centre carriage arch flanked by small pedestrian gateways.The carriage arch has low stone plinth, brick piers with moulded stone impost bands and red brick semi-circular arch with stone keystone. This frames a pink stone inner arch with no impost, plinth or key. Flat top with moulded coping and small ball finial. Pedestrian arches have moulded stone coping carried across from main arch impost band. Above coping are 2 rectangular ashlar blocks, inscribed 'May; and '1861'. Raised brick outer pier each side. The left hand arch has a timber gate whilst that to the right is half blind.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with Pen-y-clawdd House and as an unusually imposing triumphal entry for a minor gentry house.
Nearby in the register
- Pen-y-clawdd HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Barn at Pen-y-clawdd HouseAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- St. Martin's Churchyard Cross, Pen y ClawddCross baseunder 1 mi
- Cross in St Martin's ChurchyardReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.