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Penallt

Village in Monmouthshire, Wales

Summary

Village in Monmouthshire, Wales

Field	Value
coordinates
country	Wales
static_image	The Bush Inn, Pen-twyn - geograph.org.uk - 261138.jpg
static_image_width	200px
static_image_caption	The Bush Inn
official_name	Penallt
community_wales	Trellech United
unitary_wales	Monmouthshire
lieutenancy_wales	Gwent
constituency_westminster	Monmouth
post_town	MONMOUTH
postcode_area	NP
postcode_district	NP25
dial_code	01600
os_grid_reference	SO521091

Penallt (also spelled Penalt) is a village in Monmouthshire, Wales, situated high on a hill 4 km south of Monmouth. In the centre of the village, by the village green, stands the 17th-century village pub, the Bush Inn.

Description

Nearby, Penallt Old Church Wood is a 10 acre 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. 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, and the television presenter Kate Humble. Walter Keeler is a renowned potter specialising in salt glaze pottery.

Gallery

File:The Old Church Penallt - geograph.org.uk - 473927.jpg|Penallt Old Church File:The Old Church Penallt - interior, view up the aisle - geograph.org.uk - 473918.jpg|Interior of the church Image:Old chapel, Pen-twyn - geograph.org.uk - 261719.jpg|Old chapel Image:Penallt - Pelham Hall - geograph.org.uk - 473937.jpg|Pelham Hall Image:The War Memorial in Pen-twyn - geograph.org.uk - 261718.jpg|The war memorial

References

"Penallt Village Website".
"The Bush at Penallt".
[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-307475-penallt-old-church-st-mary-s-church-pena Penallt Old Church], at British Listed Buildings

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