Great Killough

Great Killough
Native name Cil-Llwch Mawr (Welsh)
"a full-scale late medieval hall"
Type	Manor house
Location	Llantilio Crossenny, Monmouthshire
Coordinates	51°49′16″N2°53′51″W / 51.8211°N 2.8975°W / 51.8211; -2.8975
Built	mid-17th century
Architectural style(s)	Vernacular
Governing body	Privately owned
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official name	Great Killough
Designated	1 May 1952
Reference no.	2056
Location of Great Killough in Monmouthshire

Great Killough, Llantilio Crossenny, Monmouthshire is a substantial manor house of late medieval origins. The majority of the current structure dates from three building periods between 1600 and 1670. It is a Grade II* listed building.

History

The site of the house is ancient and Cadw describes the original building as late medieval. ^[1] Sir Cyril Fox and Lord Raglan, in the third of their three-volume study, Monmouthshire Houses , date the present house to three periods of building, 1600, 1630 and 1670. ^[2] Peter Smith, in his study, Houses of the Welsh Countryside, notes Great Killough as a fine example of the hall house type. ^[3] Coflein records the existence of a "panelled attic" which may have served as a chapel. ^[4] The architectural historian John Newman notes the extensive restoration carried out in 1963-1964. ^[5] The house remains privately-owned.

Architecture and description

Cadw records Great Killough as a "substantial H-plan mansion". ^[1] It is built of Old red sandstone rubble with some ashlar dressings and a stone-tiled roof. ^[1] The four-bay great hall is a "remarkable" ^[1] "rarity". ^[5] Great Killough is a Grade II* listed building. ^[1]

Notes

1. Cadw. "Great Killough (Grade II*) (2056)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
2. Fox & Raglan 1994, p. 160.
3. Smith 1975, p. 38.
4. "Great Cil-llwch Farmhouse;great Killough (36965)". Coflein. RCAHMW . Retrieved 29 September 2021.
5. Newman 2000, pp. 352–353.

References

• Fox, Cyril; Raglan, Lord (1994). Renaissance Houses, Part 3. Monmouthshire Houses. Cardiff: Merton Priory Press Ltd & The National Museum of Wales. ISBN   1-898937-00-1. OCLC   776066469.
• Newman, John (2000). Gwent/Monmouthshire. The Buildings of Wales. London: Penguin. ISBN   0-14-071053-1.
• Smith, Peter (1975). Houses of the Welsh Countryside. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. ISBN   0-11-700475-8. OCLC   868639211.