Penrhos is an area east of Kington, Herefordshire near the Welsh border. In the area there are a small number of buildings including Penrhos Farm[1] and Penrhos Court.[2]
The name is derived from the Welsh words pen and rhos and means "head (top) of the moor".[3]
History
Penrhos Court
Penrhos Court originated around the late 13th century with a large cruck dwelling. Generations of owners have added more buildings and at one stage it became a small hamlet of half a dozen dwellings. Farm barns were added which formed a squared of ancient farm building surrounding a courtyard with a puddle duck pond and a well in the middle. Records of 1752 refer to the area as Penrose, in 1841 as Penrhose, in 1850 again as Penrose being a farm of 213 acres (0.86km2), then 1880 as the first reference to the Welsh name of Penrhos which it is still now known by.
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