Penallt

Penallt
Penallt
	The Bush Inn
	Penallt Location within Monmouthshire
OS grid reference	SO521091
Community	Trellech United ;
Principal area	Monmouthshire ;
Preserved county	Gwent ;
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MONMOUTH
Postcode district	NP25
Dialling code	01600
Police	Gwent
Fire	South Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Monmouth ;
	List of places UK Wales Monmouthshire 51°46′45″N2°41′40″W / 51.77907°N 2.69458°W

Last updated October 11, 2024

Penallt (also spelled Penalt)^[1] is a village in Monmouthshire, Wales, situated high on a hill 4 kilometres (2+1⁄2 mi) south of Monmouth. In the centre of the village, by the village green, stands the 17th-century village pub, the Bush Inn.^[2]

Description

Nearby, Penallt Old Church Wood is a 10-acre (40,000 m²) nature reserve managed by the Gwent Wildlife Trust. This deciduous woodland provides a habitat for several bird species, including pied flycatchers, nuthatches, tree pipits, treecreepers and sparrowhawks. Plant species found in the reserve include wild daffodils and moschatel.

Penallt Old Church is located approximately 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 of Led Zeppelin 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,^{[ citation needed ]} and the television presenter Kate Humble. Walter Keeler is a renowned potter specialising in salt glaze pottery.

Gallery

Penallt Old Church
Interior of the church
Old chapel
Pelham Hall
The war memorial

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References

↑ "Penallt Village Website". Penallt. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
↑ "The Bush at Penallt" . Retrieved 6 October 2021. formerly the Inn at Penallt
↑ 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.

External links

Map sources for Penallt
Genuki on Penallt
Gwent Wildlife Trust's Pentwyn Farm, Penallt orchard
Photos of Penallt Old Church, at geograph.org.uk

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[penallt-1] "Penallt Village Website". Penallt. Retrieved 10 July 2019.

[2] "The Bush at Penallt" . Retrieved 6 October 2021. formerly the Inn at Penallt

[3] Penallt Old Church, at British Listed Buildings

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