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Scethrog Tower

Scethrog Tower stands to the south of the hamlet of Scethrog, in the Usk valley between Brecon and Crickhowell, in Powys, Wales. A tower house dating from the 14th century, in the late 20th century it was the country home of the musician and critic, George Melly. It is a Grade I listed building. History and description The earliest history of the tower is uncertain. Both Cadw and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales date it to the 14th century, and both agree that the site was developed in the 16th century into a larger Elizabethan manor, of which the tower would have been a part. It has been suggested that it was also a part of an earlier, and larger, castle, although this is disputed and current archaeological thinking discounts the possibility. The tower was subject to substantial alteration in the 16th century, and further reconfigured in the 18th century. It stands on an artificial mound, with a water feature to the west, which has been variously described as a moat, and as an element of flood defences. In the later 20th century the tower was the country home of the musician and critic, George Melly, who did much to support the development of the Brecon Jazz Festival. For Melly, the tower's attractions included its proximity to the River Usk where he could indulge his passion for fly fishing. Joan Bakewell, a close friend of Melly's wife, Diana, recorded the many fellow fishing enthusiasts whom Melly entertained at the tower, although the limited number of bedrooms required Jeremy Paxman to sleep in a tent in the grounds. Melly, a discerning art collector, sold pictures by René Magritte and Pablo Picasso bought for low prices in the 1950s and 1960s, to fund the purchase of a mile-long stretch of riverbank along the Usk behind the tower, facilitating his access to the river. Another friend of Diana Melly was the writer Bruce Chatwin. Much of his novel, On the Black Hill, was written at Scethrog and it is dedicated to Diana. Melly sold the tower in 1999 when declining health meant he was no longer able to fish. It remains a private home. The tower is a Grade I listed building. A barn to the north, with 16th century origins, has a Grade II listing. Robert Scourfield and Richard Haslam, in their Powys volume in the Buildings of Wales series, note that Scethrog is one of only two such tower houses in Powys, the other being that overlooking the square in Talgarth. Notes References Sources Bakewell, Joan (2016). Stop the Clocks: Thoughts on What I Leave Behind. Boston, US: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978-0-349-00610-9. Scourfield, Robert; Haslam, Richard (2013). Powys: Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire and Breconshire. The Buildings of Wales. New Haven, US and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-18508-9. Shakespeare, Nicholas (2010). Bruce Chatwin. New York, US and London: Random House. ISBN 978-1-407-07433-7.
St Issui's Church, Partrishow

The Church of St Issui, Partrishow, Powys, Wales, is a Grade I listed parish church dating from 1060. The existing building was mainly constructed in the 14th and 15th centuries and was sensitively restored in 1908–1909. The church is most famous for its rood screen which dates from 1500. It is a Grade I listed building. History Issui was an early Welsh saint who lived by the well next to the site of the church. Following his murder, the well became a place of pilgrimage and the church was founded with the offerings of pilgrims in 1060. Gerald of Wales is reputed to have preached at the church in 1188 while on his tour of Wales. The church was undamaged during the Reformation, the dual altars being spared by the order of Edward VI in 1550. The church similarly escaped any large-scale Victorian reconstruction and was carefully restored by W. D. Caröe in 1908–1909. The church remains an active church in the parish of the Vale of Grwyne. Architecture and description The church comprises a nave, chancel and porch with a separate shrine-chapel to the West. The walls are of rubble and the roofs of slate. The style throughout is Gothic. The wall to the right of the porch has a rare stone bench facing the preaching cross in the churchyard. The bellcote holds two bells and is a stone replacement by Caröe for the timber original. The nave has a roof of the 16th century. It is windowless to the North, with windows of a Tudor date inserted in the South wall. The wagon roof of the chancel is a replacement by Caröe. The rood screen is the highlight of the interior. In the Powys volume of The Buildings of Wales series, the architectural historians Richard Scourfield and Robert Haslam record a description of it as, "the most perfect and elegant now standing in the kingdom". It dates from 1500 and was sensitively restored by Caröe. It stretches the entire width of the nave, and has a frieze of dragons or wyverns expectorating vines. The writer Simon Jenkins describes it as "exquisitely wrought". In addition to the rood screen, the church has a significant collection of wall paintings. They comprise four groups: a Stuart Coat of Arms which the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales considers are those of James I; two groups of Biblical texts, including the Lord's Prayer, the Decalogue and the Apostles' Creed; and a "Doom Figure" of Death as a skeleton with an hourglass and spade in his left hand and a scythe in his right, which dates from the 17th or 18th century. The church is a Grade I listed building. A number of structures in the vicinity of the church have their own Grade II listings including St Issui's Well, the churchyard cross, the former stable, and the lych gate. Gallery Notes References Jenkins, Simon (2008). Wales: Churches, Houses, Castles. London: Penguin. ISBN 978-0-713-99893-1. Scourfield, Robert; Richard, Haslam (2013). Powys: Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire and Breconshire. The Buildings of Wales. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-18508-9. OCLC 935421607.
Penpont Manor House

Penpont is a seventeenth-century Grade I listed manor house in the Usk valley between Brecon and Sennybridge in Powys, Wales. It was built by Daniel Williams on the site of, and perhaps incorporating, an earlier house, Abercamlais-isaf (Welsh:lower Abercamlais). The frontage dates from 1815. Penpont Bridge, a grade II* listed structure, spans the Usk by means of four segmented stone arches. The gardens at Penpont are influenced by Repton but have a long history from the seventeenth century with the addition of a celebrated Green Man maze in recent years. They are listed Grade II* on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales. The West Wing of the property is available to rent as holiday accommodation. Less than half a mile upstream is Abercamlais with which comparisons are made, the two houses having some shared history. References
Mansão Penpont

Penpont é uma mansão do século XVII listada como Grau I no vale de Usk entre Brecon e Sennybridge, em Powys, País de Gales. Foi construída por Daniel Williams no local de, e talvez incorporando, uma casa anterior, Abercamlais-isaf. A fachada data de 1815. A Ponte Penpont, uma estrutura listada de grau II *, atravessa o Usk através de quatro arcos de pedra segmentados. Os jardins de Penpont são influenciados por Repton, mas têm uma longa história desde o século XVII, com a adição de um famoso labirinto do Homem Verde nos últimos anos. Menos de meia milha rio acima fica Abercamlais, com o qual são feitas comparações, pois as duas casas têm alguma história em comum. Referências
Old Court, Llangattock Lingoed

The Old Court, Llangattock Lingoed, Monmouthshire is a medieval hall house dating from the late 15th century, with additions from the 17th and 19th centuries. "Of unusual sophistication", it is a Grade II* listed building. History The original house was a hall-house, probably dating from 1480–1520. In the 17th century, the Court was greatly extended, with a second storey being added, and the construction of wings to the North-West and South-East. Further modifications were made in the 19th century. The Court was home to the Morgans, a cadet branch of the Morgans of Tredegar House. Its most prominent inhabitant was Sir Thomas Morgan, 1st Baronet, who fought for Parliament in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Sir Thomas seized Chepstow Castle for the Parliamentary forces, and assisted Thomas Fairfax at the siege of Raglan Castle. He later supported the 1660 Stuart Restoration and was made a baronet for his services. Description The house is of two storeys, with attics, and an interior still "largely in (its) 17th century state." Notes References Newman, John (2000). Gwent/Monmouthshire. The Buildings of Wales. London: Penguin. ISBN 0-14-071053-1.
St Mary's Church, Welshpool

St Mary's Church, Welshpool, in the Diocese of St Asaph, is the Anglican parish church of Welshpool, Powys, Wales. The church is a Grade I listed building. St Cynfelin (also known as St Matu) is reputed to be the founder of St Mary's, during Age of the Saints in the 5th and 6th centuries. The church was originally built c. 1250, but only the lower courses of the tower now remain from that date. The current building is largely as rebuilt or restored in 1871 by George Edmund Street. The nave was rebuilt in the 16th century, and with the whole building was substantially restored in 1871. The 15th century chancel ceiling may have come from Strata Marcella Abbey, about five miles away, and a stone in the churchyard is said to have been part of the abbot's throne. A memorial in the church commemorates Bishop William Morgan, translator of the Bible into Welsh, who was the vicar from 1575 to 1579. Adam of Usk was a priest at St Mary's in 1411. The churchyard contains seven Commonwealth war graves, of five British soldiers of World War I and a soldier and airman of World War II. See also Christ Church, Welshpool References
Edward Davies Memorial Chemistry Laboratories

The Edward Davies Memorial Chemistry Laboratories is a Grade-II* listed Aberystwyth University building, in Buarth Mawr, Aberystwyth. The building was completed in 1907 to a design by the architect Alfred Cross of London. It was commissioned by Principal T.F. Roberts as the existing chemistry department had outgrown its former location and was temporarily housed in the Old Assembly Rooms, Laura Place. Funding for the new building was made through a donation from David Davies of Llandinam and by Misses Gwendoline and Margaret Davies of Gregynog in memory of their father Edward Davies, former Treasurer of Aberystwyth University. The land was purchased from W.H. Colby, a member of the University Council. Professor J.J. Sudborough the head of the department played a pivotal role in the design of the laboratories based on his extensive travels across Britain and Germany studying the most modern laboratories. The building design is the Wrenaissance style containing a two-story block with a basement to the northwest end, on the outside it has 15 windows snecked rubble front with freestone dressings. The interior has groin vaulted passages, with five-bay tunnel roofed laboratories and an acoustically designed large lecture theatre. The building is currently home to the Aberystwyth University School of Art. References
Great Tresenny Farmhouse

Great Tresenny Farmhouse, Grosmont, Monmouthshire is a farmhouse dating from c.1600. Situated just to the south of the village, the farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building. History The origins of the house are of about 1600. Sir Cyril Fox and Lord Raglan, who refer to the house as "Upper Tresenny" in their three-volume guide Monmouthshire Houses, consider that the style of the stone staircase supports this early dating. In about 1610, the parlour block was added to the existing hall block. Cadw records Fox and Raglan's explanation for the hiatus in building what was clearly intended as a single structure, namely that the 1600s house was constructed next to an earlier medieval hall house which was then demolished when the builders were ready to construct the adjacent parlour block. Further extensions were undertaken in the 17th century. The farmhouse remains a private residence. Architecture and description The architectural historian John Newman describes Great Tresenny as "a fine unmodernised farmstead". It is of two storeys with the hall to the north, parlour to the south, and service rooms in the centre. The partitions on the ground floor which were noted by Fox and Raglan are "no longer visible". The farmhouse is constructed of old red sandstone rubble which was once white-washed. Fox and Raglan note the exceptional height of the ground-floor rooms, indicating "the importance of the house" which is a Grade II* listed building. Notes References Fox, Cyril; Raglan, Lord (1994). Renaissance Houses, Part 3. Monmouthshire Houses. Cardiff: Merton Priory Press Ltd & The National Museum of Wales. ISBN 1-898937-00-1. OCLC 776066469. Newman, John (2000). Gwent/Monmouthshire. The Buildings of Wales. London: Penguin. ISBN 0-14-071053-1.
St Cadoc's Church, Cheriton

The Church of St Cadoc, sometimes referred to as "The Cathedral of Gower", is a Grade I listed building and an Anglican church located in the hamlet of Cheriton on the north side of the Gower Peninsula, Wales, United Kingdom. The present church was built in the 13th century and is believed to have replaced an earlier church within the manor of Landimore. Restoration was carried out on two occasions in the 19th century and again in 1934. The font may have been salvaged from the earlier church which was abandoned because of the encroaching sea. The original church The first church in the district is supposed to have been built by the family of Payn de Turberville, who granted it to the Knights Hospitallers of St John at Slebech in about 1165. The exact site of the earlier church is uncertain. The name "Cheriton" derives from "church town", but this name is thought to have been given in recognition of the new church. The present church The church has a saddleback roof with a defensive intent. The interior of the church contained medieval wall paintings, including scriptural quotations and vine-leaf patterns, but these were destroyed during the Victorian era. Eighteenth-century maps show the church in its present location, near a mill, which went out of use in the 19th century, and "Great House", which was demolished at a similar date. In the 1840s, Rev W. L. Collins had the original pews removed, and installed a new window, which was itself replaced during the restoration of the mid-1870s, carried out by Rev J. D. Davies, the Rector of Llanmadoc and author of A History of West Gower. Diocesan architect John Prichard was involved in this work, as he was in numerous other restorations of the period. References External links The Gower – Places of Worship The Church in Wales
Castle Green House

Castle Green House is a Grade II* listed house located in the grounds of Cardigan Castle, Cardigan, Ceredigion, Wales. It was restored in the 2000s and now acts as a museum, events centre and residential accommodation. History The construction of a house in the castle grounds began in 1808 for John Bowen, partially using the foundations and a 13th-century round tower of the original Cardigan Castle. It was extended in 1827 by David Evans, for Arthur Jones, the High Sheriff of Cardiganshire. The house became a Grade II* listed building in 1961. In the 1940s Miss Barbara Wood and her mother moved into Castle Green House. They were unable to adequately maintain the property and it fell into disrepair. In 1984 it was declared unfit for human habitation and Miss Woods moved into a small caravan in front of the house. She refused to leave until ill health forced her to move to a nursing home in 1996. Miss Wood finally sold the castle and house to Ceredigion County Council in 2003 for £500,000. The castle and house were restored led by the Cadwgan Building Preservation Trust, using £12 million of funding. It re-opened to the public in 2015. The main house became the location for displays about its occupants, the castle and the National Eisteddfod of Wales. The building is also used for luxury guest accommodation. Description The front range is a two-storey stucco fronted house with two arched windows either side of the main door and three 12-pane sash windows to the first floor. The front door has a large timber trellis porch. The East Wing rear range is three storeys, stone faced, with a large round tower projecting to the rear. The bottom floor contained a dungeon, coal cellar and a large wash room, while the top floor included a library. References External links Media related to Castle Green House at Wikimedia Commons
St Mary's Church, Cardigan

St Mary's Church is an Anglican church located in Cardigan, Ceredigion, Wales. In 1428, with the disappearance of Holy Trinity Church, St Mary's formally became the parish church of Cardigan, but it continued to serve as a priory church until the Reformation, being located close to Cardigan Priory. It is a Grade II* listed building. History St. Mary's was both the priory church of the medieval Benedictine Cardigan Priory and a parish church. It continues as a parish church, part of the united benefice of Bro Teifi. While the church was a 12th-century foundation, the present building dates from the fourteenth century, although substantially rebuilt. Its blocked south door "is thought to have been associated with the former priory buildings." In the thirteenth century St Mary's Priory church was the site of the shrine of Our Lady of the Taper, which was demolished at the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The porch was rebuilt in 1639. In 1705, the tower collapsed; it was rebuilt over the next 40 years and was finally completed in 1748. The stained glass window in the east wall of the chancel was installed in 1924, and depicts the Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary and St John. Surviving fragments of fifteenth century glass are set in the upper tracery lights. Notable burials Dr David Rowlands, Inspector of H.M. Hospitals and Fleets, Royal Navy, died in 1846. He is commemorated by a memorial tablet inside the church. References External links Parish website
Church of All Saints, Kemeys Commander

The Church of All Saints, Kemeys Commander, Monmouthshire, Wales, is a parish church with its origins in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building. History The hamlets of Kemeys Commander and Kemeys Inferior formed part of the Monmouthshire estates of the Knights Templar. The Templars administered their holdings through commandery, accounting for the name of the hamlet. A reference to a church on the site dates from the 13th century, but the present building was constructed in the 15th century. The Lordship of Kemeys dates from the Middle Ages and was held by the Kemeys family until the estate was sold in the early 18th century. The church was restored by Richard Creed in the late 19th century. At the time of the restoration, the vicar was The Rev. Herbert Sheppard M.A., of Clare College, Cambridge. Architecture and description The church is built of local limestone in the Perpendicular style. The entrance is through a timber porch and under a bell gable. The building has suffered from subsidence and the bell gable is off-vertical. The church retains its original medieval rood screen and rood beam, one of few churches in southeast Wales that do so. Notes References Newman, John (2000). Gwent/Monmouthshire. The Buildings of Wales. London: Penguin. ISBN 0-14-071053-1.
Old Shire Hall, Cardigan

The Old Shire Hall (Welsh: Hen Neuadd y Sir Aberteifi) is a former judicial building in the High Street in Cardigan, Ceredigion, Wales. The structure, which is now used as a British Red Cross shop, is a Grade II* listed building. History The building was commissioned as a courthouse for the county of Cardiganshire, to replace the inadequate judicial facilities in Cardigan Castle. The site the justices selected, on the west side of the High Street, had been occupied by the Church of the Holy Trinity. The shire hall was designed in the neoclassical style, built in rubble masonry with an ashlar stone frontage and was completed in 1764. The design involved a narrow main frontage facing onto the High Street with long side elevations stretching back behind the main frontage. It featured a two-storey arch formed by two piers with imposts supporting a series of voussoirs and a raised keystone. Above the arch, there was a band which was surmounted by two rectangular attic windows in a recess. At roof level, there was a frieze, a cornice and a parapet, and there was originally also a small bell turret. Internally, there was a corn exchange on the ground floor and a courtroom on the first floor. The courtroom was used twice year for the quarter sessions, which were also held once a year at Aberystwyth Town Hall and at the Lampeter Town Hall. The building was enlarged to create a room for the grand jury in 1829. The courtroom ceased to be used for judicial purposes once Cardigan Guildhall was completed in 1860, and the use of the ground floor as a corn exchange declined significantly in the wake of the Great depression of British agriculture in the late 19th century. The building was therefore sold for commercial use: it served as a garage and motor repair shop, operated by S. T. Jones, from 1926 to 1947, and then served as a furniture shop operated by a firm of drapers, David Jones Watts. It was later used as a warehouse and then as a bookshop, known as Bookend. Since 2015, it has served as a charity shop for the British Red Cross. See also Grade II* listed buildings in Ceredigion References
St David's Church, Trostrey

The Church of St David, Trostrey, Monmouthshire, Wales, is a parish church with its origins in the 14th century. Its founder may have been Geoffrey Marshall, Lord of Trostrey Castle. The church was substantially rebuilt in the 16th century and restored by John Prichard in 1876–1877. It remains an active parish church. History The original church may have been founded by Geoffrey Marshall in the 14th century. However, a record exists of an earlier structure, dating from c. 1160. The church was reconstructed in the late 15th or early 16th centuries and restored in the Victorian era by John Prichard. St David's remains an active church in the parish of Trostrey. Architecture and description The church is built of grey rubble with dressings of Old Red Sandstone. The style is Perpendicular. The building comprises a nave, chancel, porch and a double bell gable. The interior contains a "fine baroque monument" to Charles Hughes of Trostrey Court, who died in 1676. The church is a Grade II* listed building. Notes References Newman, John (2000). Gwent/Monmouthshire. The Buildings of Wales. London: Penguin. ISBN 0-14-071053-1. External links Media related to St David's Church, Trostrey at Wikimedia Commons
St Peter's Church, Bryngwyn

The Church of St Peter, Bryngwyn, Monmouthshire, Wales is a parish church with its origins in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building. History Gerald of Wales records that a church at Bryngywn was built by Aeddan Gwaethfoed, the Lord of Clytha in 1180. The current building dates mainly from the 15th century. The church was restored in 1871 by John Prichard. Throughout that time, the rector was the Reverend William Crawley, who served from 1834 to 1896, a period of 62 years. Near to the church is a well, also dedicated to St Peter, which was for many years the only water supply for the church and village. Architecture and description The church is constructed of sandstone rubble in a Perpendicular style. Notes References Newman, John (2000). Gwent/Monmouthshire. The Buildings of Wales. London: Penguin. ISBN 0-14-071053-1. External links