Penallt

Penallt

The Inn at Penalt
Penallt
Penallt shown within Monmouthshire
OS grid reference SO521091
Community
Principal area
Ceremonial county
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town MONMOUTH
Postcode district NP25
Dialling code 01600
Police Gwent
Fire South Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
UK Parliament

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]

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.

References

  1. Penalt.org
  2. The Inn at Penallt, accessed 23 February 2012
  3. Penallt Old Church, at British Listed Buildings
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