Historic houses · South Wales
Pencoed
In or near St Fagans.
Pencoed — house in Pentyrch, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.
Jaggery — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Radyr · 4.2 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Pencoed, the nearest railway station is Radyr, located 4.2 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is CF5 6JR. Accessibility is limited for wheelchair users.
About
Pencoed is a historic house in the United Kingdom — typically a country seat, manor, or town house with notable architecture or history. Heritage designation: Grade II* listed building. Wikidata describes it as: "house in Pentyrch, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom". Coordinates: 51.5104°, -3.3094°.
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Heritage listing
http://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=en&id=13608
From Cadw under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Pencoed House is a house with medieval origins, close to Capel Llaniltern in the community of Pentyrch, Cardiff, Wales. Dating mainly from the 16th and 17th centuries, it is a Grade II* listed building. The house now operates as a wedding and events venue.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
Much of the present structure of Pencoed dates from the 16th and 17th centuries. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales identifies earlier medieval origins, with Tudor and later additions. Cadw supports this interpretation and suggests that the building began as a country mansion, and was subsequently adapted to serve as a farmhouse.
Architecture
The building is of two storeys and built to a cross-passage plan. The construction material is local rubble under a Welsh slate roof. The architectural historian John Newman, in his Glamorgan volume of the Buildings of Wales, noted the "magnificent but inexplicable archway, so fine, and so large, that it implies the existence of an impressive medieval house now otherwise disappeared". Peter Smith, in his study, Houses of the Welsh Countryside, records the house as having a single, central chimneystack. Pencoed is a Grade II* listed building.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.5104, -3.3094
- District
- Cardiff
- Parish
- Pentyrch
- Postcode
- CF5 6JR
- Parliamentary constituency
- Cardiff West
- Nearest railway station
- Radyr — 4.2 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q17741468 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Pencoed House (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Pencoed?
- Pencoed is in South Wales, United Kingdom (postcode CF5 6JR), in the parish of Pentyrch.
- What is Pencoed?
- Pencoed — house in Pentyrch, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Pencoed?
- The nearest railway station is Radyr, about 4.2 km away. Drivers can use postcode CF5 6JR.
- Who owns Pencoed?
- Pencoed is owned by Privately owned.
- Is Pencoed a listed building?
- Pencoed is officially recognised as Grade II* listed building listed.
- How do I get to Pencoed?
- The nearest railway station is Radyr, about 4.2 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode CF5 6JR.