Pen-y-Clawdd
| Pen-y-Clawdd | |
| Monmouthshire | |
|---|---|
 Church of St Martin, Pen-y-Clawdd | |
| Location | |
| Location: | 51°45’54"N, 2°47’42"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 66 |
| Post town: | Usk |
| Postcode: | NP15 |
| Dialling code: | 01291 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Monmouthshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Monmouth |
Pen-y-Clawdd is a village and ancient parish in Monmouthshire, situated between Raglan and Monmouth. It forms part of the Raglan Hundred.
History and amenities
The site of a possible mediæval ringwork castle has been identified near the village.[1] Pen-y-clawdd was granted manorial status in 1349 when it was held by half a Knight's Fee by Walter de Kymbard from Lawrence de Hastings.[2]
The Church of St Martin is the parish church. The church is constructed in a "mixture of Perpendicular and Decorated" styles[3] and is a Grade II* listed building as of 27 November 1953.[4] The churchyard contains a churchyard cross which is a Scheduled Monument.[5] The church consists of a chancel, nave, south porch and a western tower with pyramidal stone roof. There is a stained glass east window. The register dates from 1727.[6] The tower contains one bell, cast by Evans of Chepstow in 1793, with the inscription "Success to this City". A major restoration of the church was undertaken in 1885/86 and included the raising of the tower by about eight feet and the removal of chancel benches, the nave box pews and benches, and the two-decker pulpit and reading desk. A sepulchral slab, dated from the 14th Century, was discovered at this time.[7]
Pen-y-clawdd House, a third of a mile south-east of the village, is described by Newman as "notable only for the plain but nobly scaled red brick arch, dated May 1861."[8] The house is not listed but the range of outbuildings, including the 17th century barn, is listed Grade II.[9]
Notes
- ↑ "Upper Pen-y-clawdd". The Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust Historic Environment Record. http://www.cofiadurcahcymru.org.uk/arch/query/page.php?watprn=GGAT04767g&dbname=ggat&tbname=core. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
- ↑ Keen, Richard and Burgum, Ian. Wales. Orion Publishing Company (1997) pg. 152.
- ↑ "ST MARTIN, PEN-Y-CLAWDD | Site Details". Coflein. 2002-12-13. http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/307363/details/ST+MARTIN%2C+PEN-Y-CLAWDD/. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
- ↑ British Listed Buildings: Church of St Martin, Raglan. Retrieved 2 February 1914
- ↑ "St Martin's Churchyard Cross, Pen y Clawdd | Raglan | Monmouthshire | Scheduled and Ancient Monuments". Ancientmonuments.info. http://www.ancientmonuments.info/wa3327-st-martin-s-churchyard-cross-pen-y-clawdd. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
- ↑ "Pen-y-clawdd". Kelly's Directory for Monmouthshire,1901. ancestry.com. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~familyalbum/kpclawdd.htm. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ↑ St Martin's Church, Pen-y-clawdd, information in the church porchway, 2012
- ↑ John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire, page 469
- ↑ "Barn at Pen-y-clawdd House - Raglan - Monmouthshire - Wales". British Listed Buildings. http://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-24718-barn-at-pen-y-clawdd-house-raglan. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
References
- The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire; Newman, J. ISBN 0-14-071053-1
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