Penallt

Penallt[1] is a village in Monmouthshire, Wales, set high on a hill above Monmouth. In the centre of the village, by the village green, is the 17th-century village pub, the "Inn at Penallt", formerly called the Bush Inn.[2]

Penallt

The Inn at Penalt
Penallt
Location within Monmouthshire
OS grid referenceSO521091
Community
Principal area
Ceremonial county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMONMOUTH
Postcode districtNP25
Dialling code01600
PoliceGwent
FireSouth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament

Description

Nearby, the Penallt Old Church Wood is a 10-acre (40,000 m2) nature reserve managed by the Gwent Wildlife Trust. This deciduous woodland forms a habitat for pied flycatchers, nuthatches, tree pipits, treecreepers and sparrowhawks, as well as plants such as wild daffodils and moschatel.

Penallt Old Church is about a mile north of the village. The main part of the building dates from the 15th or early 16th century, while the lower part of the tower may date from the 14th century.[3] The heavy oak door bears the date 1532. The church was restored in 1887. The churchyard cross has a base and lower shaft of 15th-century date. The church dedication is unknown, though there is a local tradition that it was St James, the patron saint of pilgrims. Inside is the royal coat of arms of Queen Anne dating from 1709.

The Argoed, a 17th-century mansion, lies to the south-east of the village. It was once owned by the father of Beatrice Webb, the British socialist, economist and reformer. Robert Plant also owned it in the 1980s. George Bernard Shaw stayed with the Webb family and described Penallt as a "special place" Other residents of the village include Jeremy Cook, the BBC's rural affairs correspondent, and Television presenter Kate Humble. Walter Keeler is a renowned potter specialising in salt glaze pottery.

  • Penallt Old Church
  • Penallt Old Church
  • Penallt Old Church
  • The Lych Gate of the old church
  • Part of the graveyard
  • Interior
  • Interior, view up the aisle
  • Carved inscription inside the church
  • The ancient parish chest, which is hewn from a tree trunk
  • Old chapel
  • Pelham Hall
  • Building in the grounds of the Argoed
  • The war memorial
  • The Inn, formerly The Bush
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References
  1. "Penallt Village Website". Penallt. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  2. The Inn at Penallt Archived 12 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 2012-02-23.
  3. Penallt Old Church, at British Listed Buildings
  • Alliance of Religions and Conservation (2006). "Penallt". The Cistercian Way. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2006.
  • Gwent Wildlife Trust (2006). "Reserves". Gwent Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 27 October 2006. Retrieved 8 November 2006.
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