Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Sundial on lawn to S of Penpont
Trallong, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Penpont, Brecon, Trallong, Powys, designated on 18 January 2002.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 18 January 2002
- Locality
- Penpont
- Town
- Brecon
- Community
- Trallong
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.94744, -3.49786
- Cadw reference
- 26098
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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1856 · 42. Brecon. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 213 Brecon (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on sloping lawn SE of conservatory at Penpont.
History
A sundial is known to have been set up in 1778.
Exterior
Sundial, grey stone, on moulded octagonal base. Tapering octagonal column with moulded cap and base. Flat top has brass dial and gnomon with eroded inscriptions.
Reason for designation
Included as a small C18 stone sundial and for group value with adjacent listed structures.
Nearby in the register
- Penpont including attached conservatory and rear service rangesDomesticunder 1 mi
- Gatepiers and flanking ranges to rear courtyard at PenpontGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- The StablesDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Old Granary and the Old LaundryAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.