Lower Celliau, Llangattock Lingoed

Lower Celliau, (aka Lower Kathlea/Lower Celli), Llangattock Lingoed, Monmouthshire is a farmhouse dating from the 16th century. It is a Grade II* listed building. The adjacent barn and shelter, and cowhouse and stable have their own Grade II listings.

Lower Celliau
"exceptionally well-preserved 16th century cruck-framed house"
TypeFarmhouse
LocationLlangattock Lingoed, Monmouthshire
Coordinates51°53′03″N 2°54′49″W / 51.8842°N 2.9137°W / 51.8842; -2.9137
Built16th century
Architectural style(s)Vernacular
Governing bodyPrivately owned
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameLower Celliau
Designated9 January 1956
Reference no.1960
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameBarn and shelter shed at Lower Celliau
Designated19 October 2000
Reference no.24182
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameCowhouse and stable at Lower Celliau
Designated19 October 2000
Reference no.24183
Lower Celliau, Llangattock Lingoed is located in Monmouthshire
Lower Celliau, Llangattock Lingoed
Location of Lower Celliau in Monmouthshire

History and description

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The farmhouse at Lower Celliau is a cruck-framed hall house dating from the early to mid-16th century.[1] In the early 1700s, a parlour bay was added.[2] At a slightly later date, a second, almost free-standing, farmstead was constructed; probably an example of the two-unit system identified by Sir Cyril Fox and Lord Raglan, where two residences are built side by side on a single farm.[1] Cadw notes that the doorcases of the linking lobby are identical in style to one found at Howell's House, Grosmont, a few miles to the north. The doorcase at Howell's House is dated 1611, and Cadw suggests this indicates that the lobby at Lower Celliau was contemporaneous with both the second house at Celliau and with Howell's.[1]

Fox and Raglan, who described and illustrated the house in Sub-Medieval Houses, c. 1550–1610, the second volume of their multi-volume study, Monmouthshire Houses, written in the early 1950s, described Lower Celliau as "long-deserted" but noted the quality of the craftsmanship.[3] In the late twentieth century, when the architectural historian John Newman visited while writing his Gwent/Monmouthshire Pevsner, Lower Celliau remained "disused and inaccessible".[2] The farmstead, which is private property, is a Grade II* listed building, its listing record describing it as an "exceptionally well-preserved 16th-century cruck-framed house".[1] The adjacent barn and shelter shed,[4] and cowhouse and stable have their own Grade II designations.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Cadw. "Lower Celliau (Grade II*) (1960)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b Newman 2000, p. 307.
  3. ^ Fox & Raglan 1994, p. 45.
  4. ^ Cadw. "Barn and shelter shed at Lower Celliau (Grade II) (24182)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  5. ^ Cadw. "Cowhouse and stable at Lower Celliau (Grade II) (24183)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 10 March 2020.

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