Church Farmhouse, Kemeys Commander

Church Farmhouse
"a well preserved 16th century farmhouse"
Type Farmhouse
Location Kemeys Commander, Monmouthshire
Coordinates 51°44′15″N 2°56′39″W / 51.73742°N 2.94422°W / 51.73742; -2.94422Coordinates: 51°44′15″N 2°56′39″W / 51.73742°N 2.94422°W / 51.73742; -2.94422
Built mid-16th century
Architectural style(s) Vernacular
Governing body Privately owned
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official name: Church Farmhouse and attached barn
Designated 4 March 1952
Reference no. 2629
Location of Church Farmhouse in Monmouthshire

Church Farmhouse, Kemeys Commander, Monmouthshire is a former parsonage dating from the mid-16th century. The farmhouse and the attached barn are Grade II* listed buildings.

History

Sir Cyril Fox and Lord Raglan, in their three-volume study, Monmouthshire Houses, date Church Farmhouse to 1550–1560.[1] The farmhouse was originally the parsonage to the adjacent Church of All Saints[2] On a tithe map of 1841, the farmhouse is recorded as being occupied by an Eleanor Morgan, who was farming 107 acres.[3]

Architecture and description

The building is a cruck-truss house but without the hall open to the roof, the more common style.[4] It is constructed of whitewashed rubble.[3] The building contains a Tudor door reused from nearby Allt-y-Bela.[3] The attic partition has some, "now much faded",[2] figure paintings of a man, a woman and a child.[3] The farmhouse and its attached barn are Grade II* listed buildings,[3] the listing describing the building as "a well preserved 16th century farmhouse".[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ Fox & Raglan 1994, p. 103.
  2. 1 2 Newman 2000, p. 259.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Listed Buildings – Full Report – HeritageBill Cadw Assets – Reports". cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net.
  4. ↑ Fox & Raglan 1994, pp. 48–50.
  5. ↑ "Listed Buildings – Full Report – HeritageBill Cadw Assets – Reports". cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net.

References

  • Fox, Cyril; Raglan, Lord (1994). Medieval Houses, Part 1. Monmouthshire Houses. Cardiff: Merton Priory Press Ltd & The National Museum of Wales. ISBN 0-9520009-7-0.
  • Newman, John (2000). Gwent/Monmouthshire. The Buildings of Wales. London: Penguin. ISBN 0-14-071053-1.
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