Abercynllaith

Abercynllaith

Abercynllaith

Human settlement in Wales

Abercynllaith, also sometimes referred to as Aberkenllith,[1] is a hamlet, between Llangedwyn and Pen-y-bont in northeastern Powys, Wales. It lies to the southwest of Oswestry, Shropshire, along the B4396 road, near the English border.

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Geography

Tanat Valley from opposite Abercynllaith

The Afon Tanat river flows nearby,[2] to the south of Abercynllaith.[3] A wood to the north of the settlement is named Cefn y Coed.[4]

Landmarks

The Graywill Lodge[3] is a 16th-century coach house previously of the Bryn Y Gwalia Hall's out buildings but later converted in the late 1980s. Bryn Y Gwalia Hall is a grander yet still modest larger construction to the left of Graywill Lodge. Bryn Gwalia Cottage is situated to the right of Graywill Lodge, all three properties looking down over the Tanat valley behind the Green Inn. The Green Inn, a Grade II listed building is a public house in the Regency or early Victorian Tudor style. In 1838 it was documented to have been tenanted by Jane Jones, and belonging to the estate of John Bonnor. It was known at the time as the Green Public House. It is described by Cadw as having a "symmetrical original three-window front of two storeys and attic; white-painted brickwork with dentil course at eaves" and a "slate roof with generous verge overhangs".[5] A local milestone became a Grade II listed building on 23 October 2003 at the time the Green Inn was listed.[6]

To the north of the hamlet is Golfa Farm and Golfa Isaf, a two-storey Grade II listed 17th-century timber-framed house. It is noted for its large chimney on the eastern gable and "considerable timber framing".[7] To the south of the Tanat to the southwest of Abercynllaith is Henblas, a hall which became a Grade II* listed building in October 1952 because it is, according to Cadw, "an important late mediaeval house with an interesting developmental history, particularly fine carpentry and a sub-mediaeval wing refaced in brickwork of exceptional quality".[8]

References

  1. [1]
    Thomas, Graham C. G. (1997). The Charters of the Abbey of Ystrad Marchell. National Library of Wales. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-907158-99-8.
  2. [2]
    The History of North Wales: Comprising a Topographical Description of the Several Counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, Denbigh, Flint, Merioneth, and Montgomery. To which is Prefixed, A Review of the History of Britain, from the Roman Period to the Saxon Heptarchy. Interspersed with Notes Biographical and Explanatory. J. Gleave and sons. 1828. p. 361.
  3. [3]
    Google (3 April 2016). "Abercynllaith" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  4. [4]
    "Map of Abercynllaith in Powys". Streetmap.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  5. [5]
    "The Green Inn, Llangedwyn". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  6. [6]
    "Milestone at Abercynllaith, Llangedwyn". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  7. [7]
    "Golfa Isaf, Llangedwyn". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  8. [8]
    "Henblas". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
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