Little Pitt Cottage is a medieval house in Llanarth, Monmouthshire, South Wales. It was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1956, its listing record describing it as a "fine and exceptionally intact timber-framed house".[1]

Little Pitt Cottage
"a fine and exceptionally intact small timber-framed house"
Typemedieval house
LocationMonmouthshire, Wales
Coordinates51°47′04″N 2°54′58″W / 51.7844°N 2.9162°W / 51.7844; -2.9162
OS grid referenceSO 3689 0992
Builtmid 16th century
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameLittle Pitt Cottage
Designated9 January 1956
Reference no.1974
CommunityLlanarth
Little Pitt Cottage is located in Monmouthshire
Little Pitt Cottage
Location of Little Pitt Cottage in Monmouthshire

History and description

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The house has a cruck trussed gable, with an exposed timber frame and four monumental centred doorways, modified to form a three-unit plan in the 17th century.[2][3][4] The architectural historian John Newman describes the cottage as "the most completely surviving cruck-truss hall house in the county".[5] The windows have timber lintels under a painted stone dripmould. The ends of beams for the inserted hall floor are visible.[3] Sir Cyril Fox and Lord Raglan, in the first of their three-volume history of vernacular architecture Monmouthshire Houses, give a detailed description of the cottage, with plans and illustrations.[6] Peter Smith, in his work, Houses of the Welsh Countryside, describes Little Pitt as "a good example" of the hall house plan.[7]

The house was, and remains, part of the Llanarth estate and is Grade II* listed.[1][8]

References

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  1. ^ a b Cadw. "Little Pitt Cottage (Grade II*) (1974)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  2. ^ Pit Cottage (ID PRN01827g) in the 'SMR' for Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust (GGAT). Retrieved 2 May 2016
  3. ^ a b "Little Pitt Cottage". Statutory List of Buildings. Cadw. 15 May 2000 [Listed 1956]. Cadw Building ID 1974. Retrieved 2 May 2016 – via Historic Wales.
  4. ^ "Pit Cottage (20662)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  5. ^ Newman 2000, p. 266.
  6. ^ Fox & Raglan 1994, pp. 55–57.
  7. ^ Smith 1988, p. 42.
  8. ^ "Property Lettings Near Monmouth". The Llanarth Estate. Retrieved 23 August 2017.

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