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St Mary's Church, Caldicot

St Mary's Church, also called St Mary Virgin Church, is a Church in Wales parish church in Caldicot, Monmouthshire, Wales. There is evidence that the church has pre-Norman foundations; however, the earliest part of the building dates from the 14th century. It is a Grade I listed building. History There are records that there was a church at this location before the Norman conquest of Wales as it is mentioned in Domesday Book and by a charter from King John of England however there is nothing surviving in the current church building from that period. This is reportedly because of Augustinian canons from Llanthony Secunda visited and built the church on top of the older church that was dedicated to St Bride dating from around AD 900 at the behest of Walter of Gloucester after the construction of Caldicot Castle. The earliest part of the church is the base of the tower, which comes from the 14th century, along with the nave and chancel, which was part of an enlargement programme at the time. The tower was not fully completed until the 16th century. In the 1850s, the 15th-century north aisle was rebuilt by Henry Woodyer, as well as most of the stained glass windows being replaced. In 1905, the chancel was refitted and many of the Victorian additions were changed. Modern history The church was granted Grade I listed status in 1955, with the reason for it being listed given as "...a fine medieval church with interesting Victorian restorations and additions." It was used as a location for the filming of the 2002 film Plots with a View. References
Penhow Castle

Penhow Castle er en borg og befæstet herregård, der ligger i Penhow, Newport der stammer fra begyndelsen af 1100-tallet. Ved den normanniske invasion af Wales var borgen ejet af Caradog ap Gruffydd, prins af Gwent. Den er blevet udvidet og ombygget i næsten alle århundreder siden, og det hævdes at det er den ældste kontinuerligt beboede borg i Wales, men arkitekturhistorikeren John Newman har også foreslået borgene Cardiff Castle, Fonmon Castle og St Donat's Castle. Det er en listed building af anden grad. Se også Borge og slotte i Storbritannien og Irland Borge og slotte i Wales Referencer Eksterne henvisninger
Penhow Castle

Penhow Castle, Penhow, Newport dates from the early 12th century. Extended and reconstructed in almost every century since, it has been claimed to be the oldest continuously-inhabited castle in Wales. The castle is a Grade II* listed building. History The manor of Penhow was held by Caradog ap Gruffydd, prince of Gwent at the time of the Norman invasion of Wales. The estate was seized by the Seymour family (anciently de St. Maur) and by 1129, Sir Roger de St Maur had built a fortified manor at the site. The house was extended and further fortified in the 15th and 17th centuries. In the 16th century, the manor passed to the Somersets. In 1674, it was purchased by the Lewis family of St Pierre. Viscount Rhondda, an industrialist and conservator of ancient buildings in Wales, bought the castle in 1914. By the mid-20th century, the castle was in a state of some dilapidation, until bought and restored by the film director Stephen Weeks. During his tenure, the castle was open to the public, while also serving as Weeks’ residence. In 2002, it was sold and reverted to a private home. Penhow is frequently claimed to be the oldest continuously inhabited castle in Wales. Architecture and description The architectural historian John Newman, in his Gwent/Monmouthshire Pevsner, describes Penhow as "small and [un]convincingly defensive". It is constructed of local Old red sandstone rubble. The oldest portion of the castle is the west tower, which dates from the time of the Seymours. The two-storeyed hall range is later, of the 14th-15th centuries. Further large-scale remodelling took place in the 17th and 18th centuries, when the castle was refashioned as a comfortable country house. The Cadw listing records notes the "exceptionally fine Restoration period interiors”. The castle is listed Grade II*. Two ranges of ancillary buildings contain some important agricultural structures, each with their own listings. The grouping immediately to the south-west of the castle includes a barn and a byre. The grouping further from the castle to the south includes an additional barn, another byre and a stable block. Notes References Sources Newman, John (1995). Glamorgan. The Buildings of Wales. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 9780140710564. OCLC 231881843. — (2000). Gwent/Monmouthshire. The Buildings of Wales. London: Penguin. ISBN 0-14-071053-1.
Penhow Castle

Penhow Castle är ett slott i Storbritannien. Det ligger i kommunen Newport och riksdelen Wales, i den södra delen av landet, 190 km väster om huvudstaden London. Penhow Castle ligger 49 meter över havet. Terrängen runt Penhow Castle är platt söderut, men norrut är den kuperad. Närmaste större samhälle är Newport, 11,7 km väster om Penhow Castle. Kommentarer Källor
Church of St Denys, Lisvane

The Church of St Denys is an Anglican church in the suburb of Lisvane, Cardiff. The church is ancient in origin, though the present building dates largely from the nineteenth century. Dedication Denys is not a reference to Denis, the patron saint of Paris. The name is a locally created corruption of Dionysius, the Latin name used by Saint Isan. Early history The precise date of the church's founding is unknown, though it is thought to date from around the same period as St Isan's in nearby Llanishen (which chose to dedicate itself to Isan's Celtic name), which would give an estimated date of around the 6th Century. The founder of the religious presence in the area is also unknown. It has been speculated that monks from Llandough, or possibly an influential landowner was responsible, though this is conjectural since no historical evidence concerning the church has survived from this period. The original structure would probably have been built of impermanent materials, as was common practice at this time (St Isan's is believed to have also began life in this form). The stone churches which replaced such constructions did not begin to proliferate until the Norman period, during which the church was a chapel of ease to St Mary's in Cardiff, which was still a separate and quite distant town. Later Rebuilds The present building dates mostly from the 14th century. The church fell increasingly into decay in later centuries. By the 1840s, it was all but derelict, with a tiny congregation. Having passed centuries as a little-changed village, Lisvane began to expand in the later 19th century, and after 1861, the church's fortunes began to revive as Lisvane began to develop into an affluent suburb. In 1878 it was decided to restore the church, and it was comprehensively refurbished by architect Edwin Seward. Further modifications occurred in the 1920s and 30s, and in 1979, the whole building was reordered and enlarged, with the altar re-sited and the choir housed in the old sanctuary. The only surviving Norman elements of the building are the walls of the tower and the southern doorway. Listing The church gained Grade II* Listed status in 1963. References
Old Probate Registry, Llandaff

The Old Probate Registry is a former probate office in Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales. Dating from 1863, it was designed by John Prichard, the diocesan architect for Llandaff, and has been described as his finest secular building. The Old Probate Registry is a Grade II* listed building while the Old Registry next door, designed by Prichard as the registrar's house, is listed at Grade II, and the composition is completed by an enclosing garden wall, also listed at Grade II. The Probate Registry was converted to commercial office us in the 1990s. In 2024 plans were submitted to convert the building to private residential use. History Until the mid-19th century the registration of wills and the administration of probate was an ecclesiastical function, undertaken in Cardiff by the Diocese of Llandaff. The Old Probate Registry also served as the national probate office for the whole of Wales. The design of the registry was undertaken by John Prichard (1817 - 1886), who served as diocesan architect and was responsible for the major restoration of Llandaff Cathedral undertaken between 1844 and 1857. Cadw considers Prichard "the pre-eminent Victorian architect of South Wales" and describes the Old Probate Registry as "possibly his finest secular design". The registry moved to new, purpose-built offices in 1990 and the building was converted to commercial offices and an art gallery. By 2024 all of the offices had been vacated and plans to convert the empty building to three private houses were submitted to Cardiff City Council. The adjacent Registry Office had been converted to a private residence around 2020. The buildings stand within the boundary of the Llandaff conservation area. Architecture and description The Old Probate Registry is built of Pennant Sandstone with Bath Stone ashlar dressings. It is of two storeys with attics. The style is Gothic Revival. The architectural historian John Newman, in his Glamorgan volume in the Pevsner Buildings of Wales series, describes it as being constructed to an "Early English T-plan. Newman shared Cadw's admiration; "to see what John Prichard could achieve as a secular architect one need only [view] his Probate Registry, an excellent example of the 'true picturesque'". The Old Probate Registry is a Grade II* listed building. The adjacent Registry Office and the fronting garden wall both have separate Grade II listings. Notes References Sources Holland, Edward (2024). Old Probate Registry, No. 49 Cardiff Road, Llandaff (PDF). Holland Heritage. Newman, John (1995). Glamorgan. The Buildings of Wales. London, UK: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-140-71056-4. OCLC 33858574.
Церковь Святого Квифана

Церковь Святого Квифана (более известная как Маленькая церковь в море — валл. Eglwys bach y môr) — средневековая церковь, в Уэльсе. Посвящена Кевину Глендалохскому. Расположена на небольшом приливном острове Крибинау. История и архитектура Известна с 12-го века. Первоначально церковь стояла на краю полуострова между двумя заливами, Порт-Квифан и Порт-Чайна. В последующие годы море медленно размывалось вокруг побережья в двух заливах, поэтому полуостров был отрезан, превратив Крибинау в небольшой приливный остров. К острову была проложена дамба, чтобы позволить местному населению добраться до церкви. K концу XIX века некоторые могилы, окружавшие церковь, начали падать в море. За это время церковь пришла в упадок и была заменена новым зданием в глубине острова, в Ллангвифане. Однако в 1893 году местный архитектор Гарольд Хьюз собрал деньги для спасения церкви, построив дамбу вокруг острова и восстановив здание церкви. Церковь до сих пор используется и пользуется популярностью для проведения свадеб и крещений. Примечания
St Isan's Church

St Isan's Church is a listed Anglican church in the suburb of Llanishen, Cardiff. The church's origins are medieval, though the present building was extensively remodeled during the Victorian and Edwardian years. Early history Saint Isan and his companion Saint Edeyrn are believed to have been active in the area in the 6th century, after having been sent by St Teilo to establish religious settlements. Isan reached what is now Llanishen in 535 or 537 AD, and established a 'llan' (enclosure) at the site. This would have consisted of a primitive structure which served as both a church and as accommodation for visitors. The llan would have also included a farming plots and would have been surrounded by a palisade. Isan died in 537 AD, so his time in the district would have been fleeting, but had significant effect. As the Celtic church was still using Latin as its language, Isan also used the name Dionysius. As local people did not use or understand Latin, this name was corrupted to Dennis or Denys, and was later applied to St Denys' Church in Lisvane. An associate of Isan's was St Edeyrn, from whom the name Llanedeyrn is derived, and who also has a church dedicated to him in Llanedeyrn. The first mention of a proper church at the location dates from the 12th century, at which time it was a chapel of ease to St Mary's Church in what was then the separate and fairly distant town of Cardiff, which would not absorb Llanishen until the late 19th century. The church consisted of a nave, chancel, a tower and a porch. A sanctuary, chancel and north and south windows were added in the 14th century. The tower was added in the 15th century. It, together with the medieval nave, survive, along with a small portion of the south chancel wall which is thought to be the oldest surviving part of the church. Later extensions and further history The first enlargement occurred in 1854 when Prichard and Seddon added a north aisle and an arcade. After the opening of the Rhymney Railway, Llanishen's population began to grow as the village began to transform into a suburb. The 1854 aisle was demolished and replaced by H.D. Blessley in 1907–8, a new nave and chancel also being added, together with a second (south) arcade which matched the style of the 1854 arcade. A vestry was added in 1927. The church gained listed status in 1952. In 1993, the Llanishen Local History Society planted a tree at the site of St Isan's original llan. St Faith's Church, Llanishen The sister church of St Isan's is St Faith's on Morris Avenue. It was built in the 1960s to serve the area's growing population of the postwar years. References External links Official Website Media related to St Isan's Church, Llanishen at Wikimedia Commons
Llanrumney Hall

Llanrumney Hall (Welsh: Neuadd Llanrhymni) is Grade II* listed building in Llanrumney, Cardiff, Wales. The Elizabethan mansion was built in 1450, rebuilt in 1852 and refurbished around 1900. Throughout its history it has been a stately home and more recently a pub. In the 1980s, the building fell into disrepair. In recent years a local businessman conducted renovation and repair work, which was completed in 2019. History The area of Llanrumney was given to the monks at Keynsham Abbey, in Somerset, England, after the Norman conquest of England. They built a small chapel on the site of what is now Llanrumney Hall. The Elizabethan-style Llanrumney Hall and its 700 acres (280 ha) estate was originally built in 1450 and is thought that it passed to the Kemys family of Cefn Mably in the mid-1500s after the dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII. William Kemys left the estate to his daughter, who was married to Thomas Morgan. Llanrumney Hall has since been occupied by five generations of the Morgan family, whose ancestral home was Tredegar House in Newport. Morgan Morgan was the last in the male line and the hall and estate passed by marriage onto the Lewis family in 1726. In the mid-19th century, the hall was occupied by Edward Augustus Freeman, the Regius Professor of History at the University of Oxford. It was purchased by Charles Crofts Williams of Roath Court in 1859, who was the hall's last recorded Lord of the Manor. Around 1900 the hall was refurbished. His family lived at the hall until the development of the surrounding housing estate, when in 1934 it was left by his nephew Charles Crofts Llewellyn Williams who died in 1952. In 1952 the hall was compulsorily purchased by Cardiff Council and it became a remand centre. By 1956, it became a pub, but the hall fell into disrepair by the late 1980s. There was a plan has been developed by Cardiff Council and CMB Engineering to redevelop the hall into an education and sporting facility at a cost of about £1 million. However, this did not happen and the Llanrumney Hall Community Trust Limited was established in January 2015, since when the building has been developed into a multi-purpose community hub. Listing status Many sources list Llanrumney Hall either as a Grade I or Grade II listed building. However the official listing by Cadw shows Llanrumney Hall PH (Public House) as Grade II*, and that it was first listed on 19 May 1975. Myths and legends Legend has it that the hall is haunted and many local children will not go near it. It is also believed that the hall contains a masonry block with the decapitated body of Llewellyn the Last. Stories also tell of how he was beheaded at the hall and chopped into small pieces and scattered around his house. A common local belief is that Sir Henry Morgan, after whom Captain Morgan rum is named, was born in the hall in 1635, but there is little evidence to substantiate this. Morgan was born in Rhymney, near Tredegar, in the South Wales Valleys. See also Listed buildings in Cardiff References External links Official website Media related to Llanrumney Hall at Wikimedia Commons
St Edeyrn's Church

St Edeyrn's Church is a listed Anglican church within the boundary of Old St Mellons, Cardiff, though giving its name to the nearby area of Llanedeyrn. Foundation St Edeyrn's is one of a number of ancient Christian sites which were established soon after the founding of Llandaff Cathedral, as the Celtic church was anxious to spread itself through the region as swiftly as possible in order to secure its position. Saint Edeyrn and his associate Saint Isan were amongst the missionaries sent by Saint Teilo to perform this work. Isan founded the church in what is now Llanishen with Edeyrn. Edeyrn later founded a religious community on the banks of the Rhymney River (then Renis River). He is reputedly buried in the churchyard. Later history After the Norman Conquest, the church was rebuilt and became a chapel of ease to St Mary's. In the 12th century, it was recognised as the property of Tewkesbury Abbey, but was transferred to the Bishop of Llandaff in 1236, at which time it became a separate parish church. The clergy were appointed by the Chapter of Llandaff Cathedral. From 1671 to 1949 the parish was united with that of St Mellons. The large Perpendicular windows were added in c. 1500, and the tower soon after. Five of the bells which the tower currently houses date from 1766. An extensive restoration occurred in 1888, when the east chancel wall was completely rebuilt. Twentieth century The church was transferred with St Mellons to the new Diocese of Monmouth after the creation of the Church in Wales. Llanedeyrn became a separate parish again in 1949 but in 1979 was renamed 'The Rectorial Benefice of Cyncoed'. St Edeyrn's became a chapel of ease to All Saints' Church, Cyncoed. The benefice was renamed Cyncoed Ministry Area in 2017 and in 2022 was united with the former parishes of Rumney, Llanrumney and St Mellons to form East Cardiff Ministry Area. The church gained listed status in 1963, after which the machine-made tiles of the roof were replaced with Welsh slate. An additional bell was acquired in 1994. References
Abbey Hotel, Llanthony Priory

Abbey Hotel (also known as the Llanthony Priory Hotel) is a Grade I listed building incorporating a hotel and country inn in Llanthony, Monmouthshire, Wales. Location and history The Abbey Hotel is located next to the ruins of Llanthony Priory and actually incorporates the south-west tower of the monastic building. The remainder of the building may have originally been the lodgings for the prior. The surrounding Augustinian priory originated around 1100, and the presently existing church, chapter house and cloisters were built between 1180 and 1220. After being dissolved in 1538, the priory fell into disrepair. The building that is now the hotel was remodelled in the early 19th century, probably by the poet Walter Savage Landor, who bought the abbey in 1803 and lived on the site for a short period. The four-storey south-west tower of the priory was a direct adaptation of the original 13th-century structure. The hotel was given Grade I listing status in 1956. Hotel and inn The hotel comprises only five bedrooms, one of them being at the top of the tower and reached by 62 narrow steps. In 2001 all five bedrooms shared one bathroom, located in the tower. A pub and dining room is on the ground floor serving drinks and meals. The bar is located in a vaulted 13th-century undercroft. There is a large covered veranda for public use. References External links www.llanthonyprioryhotel.co.uk
Craig-y-parc House

Craig-y-parc House is a country house in Pentyrch, Cardiff, Wales. Dating from 1914 to 1918, it was built for Thomas Evans, a colliery owner, by Charles Edward Mallows. The house reputedly cost £100,000. Craig-y-parc is a Grade II* listed building. The garden and park surrounding the house has its own Grade II* listing on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales, is a designated conservation area and contains a number of listed structures. The house now operates as a residential school for children and young adults with disabilities. History Thomas Evans began his career as a railwayman. Known as "Small Coal Evans", he reputedly made his fortune by collecting coal that had fallen from coal trucks operating on the railways in the South Wales Coalfield. By 1940, he held a CBE, was the Chairman of the Cardiff Coal and Shipping Exchange, Vice-chairman of the Ocean Coal Company and a Justice of the peace for Glamorganshire. In 1914, Evans commissioned Charles Edward Mallows to build a house some seven miles north of Cardiff in woods close to the village of Pentyrch. Mallows, who died the year after work had begun, was an architect in the Arts and Crafts style, much influenced by Edwin Lutyens. His major work was Tirley Garth in Cheshire, another Lutyenseque house for another rich industrialist. Mallows also had full responsibility for the design of the gardens surrounding the house, which he laid out to an Arts and Crafts-influenced design. The whole reputedly cost Evans a sum in excess of £100,000. Following Evans' death in 1943, Craig-y-parc came into the possession of the National Coal Board before being sold in 1954 to the Spastics Society which opened a residential school at the site in 1955. The school continues to provide residential care for children and young adults with disabilities, operated by Salutem Healthcare. Architecture and description Craig-y-parc is a large mansion with the entrance front to the north, and the garden front, onto which all the main receptions rooms face, to the south. The architectural historian John Newman, in his Glamorgan volume of the Buildings of Wales, notes the strong influence of Lutyens. This is seen particularly in the lodge, and in the north frontage, which Newman compares to Little Thakeham. He admires Mallows' originality on the garden front, where a row of columns forms an arcade. The house is constructed of locally quarried stone, with granite dressings. The house is listed at Grade II*. The gardens are also listed at II*, on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales. The listing record notes their "strongly axial design" and considers them "a very good example of [an] architectural Edwardian garden". The loggia, and the garden terrace have their own Grade II* listings, while the lodge, and the walls and gate piers at the courtyard entrance are listed Grade II. References Sources Newman, John (1995). Glamorgan. The Buildings of Wales. London, UK: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-140-71056-4. OCLC 33858574. External links "Craig-y-Parc School".