Little Pitt Cottage
Little Pitt Cottage is a medieval house in Llanarth, Monmouthshire, South Wales. It was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1956, its listing record describing it as a "fine and exceptionally intact timber-framed house".[1]
| Little Pitt Cottage | |
|---|---|
 "a fine and exceptionally intact small timber-framed house" | |
| Type | medieval house |
| Location | Monmouthshire, Wales |
| Coordinates | 51.7844°N 2.9162°W |
| OS grid reference | SO 3689 0992 |
| Built | mid 16th century |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
| Official name: Little Pitt Cottage | |
| Designated | 9 January 1956 |
| Reference no. | 1974 |
| Community | Llanarth |
| Principal area | Monmouthshire |
  Location of Little Pitt Cottage in Monmouthshire | |
History and description
The house has a cruck trussed gable, with an exposed timber frame and four monumental centred doorways, modified to form a three-unit plan in the 17th century.[2][3][4] The architectural historian John Newman describes the cottage as "the most completely surviving cruck-truss hall house in the county".[5] The windows have timber lintels under a painted stone dripmould. The ends of beams for the inserted hall floor are visible.[3] Sir Cyril Fox and Lord Raglan, in the first of their three-volume history of vernacular architecture Monmouthshire Houses, give a detailed description of the cottage, with plans and illustrations.[6] Peter Smith, in his work, Houses of the Welsh Countryside, describes Little Pitt as "a good example" of the hall house plan.[7]
The house was, and remains, part of the Llanarth estate and is Grade II* listed.[1][8]
References
- Cadw. "Little Pitt Cottage (Grade II*) (1974)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- "Pit Cottage". Historic Environment Record (HER). Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust (GGAT). GGAT PRN 01827g. Retrieved 2 May 2016 – via archwilio (online database of the four Welsh Archaeological Trusts).
- "Little Pitt Cottage". Statutory List of Buildings. Cadw. 15 May 2000 [Listed 1956]. Cadw Building ID 1974. Retrieved 2 May 2016 – via Historic Wales.
- "Pit Cottage". National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW). Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW). NPRN 20662. Retrieved 2 May 2016 – via coflein (online database of the NMRW).CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Newman 2000, p. 266.
- Fox & Raglan 1994, pp. 55-57.
- Smith 1988, p. 42.
- "Property Lettings Near Monmouth". Llanarthestate.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
Sources
- Fox, Cyril; Raglan, Lord (1994). Medieval Houses. Monmouthshire Houses. 1. Cardiff: Merton Priory Press Ltd & The National Museum of Wales. ISBN 9780720003963.
- Newman, John (2000). Gwent/Monmouthshire. The Buildings of Wales. London: Penguin. ISBN 0-14-071053-1.
- Smith, Peter (1988). Houses of the Welsh Countryside. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. ISBN 9-78011-300012-8.