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Pennarth Fawr (also Penarth-fawr and historically Pennard) is a hall house in the community of Llanystumdwy, Gwynedd, Wales.[lower-alpha 1] The hall is significant as a surviving example of a medieval gentry house and is particularly notable for its intact roof structure, which includes a spere truss.
Pennarth Fawr | |
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![]() The west front of the hall | |
Type | Hall house |
Location | Llanystumdwy, Gwynedd, Wales |
Coordinates | 52.9132°N 4.3522°W / 52.9132; -4.3522 |
Built | c.1476 |
Architectural style(s) | Perpendicular Gothic, vernacular |
Governing body | Cadw |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Official name | Penarth-fawr |
Designated | 19 October 1971 |
Reference no. | 4359[1] |
Official name | Penarth Fawr Medieval Hall |
Reference no. | CN086[2] |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Former Stable at Penarth-fawr |
Designated | 31 March 1999 |
Reference no. | 21602[3] |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | House at Penarth-fawr |
Designated | 31 March 1999 |
Reference no. | 21594[4] |
The house was built c. 1476 by Hywel ap Madog, and originally consisted of a three-bay hall in the centre, a one-bay service end to the south, and a parlour wing to the north.
There is a seventeenth-century wing attached to the south-east of the building; a parlour wing to the north of the hall was demolished in the nineteenth century. The house has been altered several times, but was restored to approximately its medieval appearance in 1937 and is notable for its intact medieval roof and screen.
The hall is described as "one of the most important medieval gentry houses to survive in Wales" by Cadw, the historic environment service of the Welsh Government, and as "an important medieval hall house" in the Buildings of Wales series.[5] It is a grade I listed building and a scheduled monument, and the seventeenth-century wing and stables are each listed at grade II. Penarth Fawr passed into state care in 1949 and is now managed by Cadw.