Church Farmhouse, Kemeys Commander
{{Short description|Farmhouse in Monmouthshire, Wales}}
{{Infobox historic site
| name = Church Farmhouse
| image = Church Farmhouse and attached barn, Kemeys Commander, Monmouthshire.jpg
| caption = "a well preserved 16th century farmhouse"
| type = Farmhouse
| locmapin = Wales Monmouthshire
| map_relief = yes
| coordinates = {{coord|51.73742| -2.94422|display=inline,title}}
| location = Kemeys Commander, Monmouthshire
| area =
| built = mid-16th century
| architect =
| architecture = Vernacular
| governing_body = Privately owned
| designation1 = Grade II* listed building
| designation1_offname = Church Farmhouse and attached barn
| designation1_date = 4 March 1952
| designation1_number = 2629
| designation2 =
| designation2_offname =
| designation2_date =
| designation2_number =
}}
Church Farmhouse in Kemeys Commander, Monmouthshire, Wales, is a former parsonage dating from the mid-16th century. The farmhouse and the attached barn are Grade II* listed buildings.
History
Sir Cyril Fox and Lord Raglan, in their three-volume study, Monmouthshire Houses, date Church Farmhouse to 1550–1560.{{sfn|Fox|Raglan|1994|p=103}} The farmhouse was originally the parsonage to the adjacent Church of All Saints.{{sfn|Newman|2000|p=259}} On a tithe map of 1841, the farmhouse is recorded as being occupied by an Eleanor Morgan, who was farming 107 acres.{{NHAW|num=2629|desc=Church Farmhouse, Kemeys Commander|grade=II*|access-date=17 April 2022}}
Architecture and description
The building is a cruck-truss house but without the hall open to the roof, the more common style.{{sfn|Fox|Raglan|1994|pp=48–50}} It is constructed of whitewashed rubble. The building contains a Tudor door reused from nearby Allt-y-Bela. The attic partition has some, "now much faded",{{sfn|Newman|2000|p=259}} figure paintings of a man, a woman and a child. The farmhouse and its attached barn are Grade II* listed buildings, the listing describing the building as a “well-preserved 16th century farmhouse”.
Notes
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References
- {{Cite book
|last1=Fox|first1=Cyril
|last2=Raglan|first2=Lord
|authorlink1=Cyril Fox
|authorlink2=FitzRoy Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan
|series=Monmouthshire Houses
|title=Medieval Houses, Part 1
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bt3YAAAAMAAJ&q=editions:sYd_x9KadzQC|year=1994
|publisher=Merton Priory Press Ltd & The National Museum of Wales
|location=Cardiff
|isbn=0-9520009-7-0
}}
- {{Cite book
|last=Newman|first=John
|authorlink=John Newman (architectural historian)
|series=The Buildings of Wales
|title=Gwent/Monmouthshire
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=knRf4U60QjcC&q=The+Buildings+of+Wales%3A+Gwent%2FMonmouthshire&pg=PA2
|year=2000
|publisher=Penguin
|location=London
|isbn=0-14-071053-1
}}
Category:Buildings and structures in Monmouthshire