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Upper White Castle Farmhouse

A Grade II* Listed Building in Llantilio Crossenny, Monmouthshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.8452 / 51°50'42"N

Longitude: -2.9006 / 2°54'2"W

OS Eastings: 338055

OS Northings: 216670

OS Grid: SO380166

Mapcode National: GBR FB.TWN8

Mapcode Global: VH792.NWXC

Plus Code: 9C3VR3WX+3Q

Entry Name: Upper White Castle Farmhouse

Listing Date: 27 October 2000

Last Amended: 27 October 2000

Grade: II*

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 24332

ID on this website: 300024332

Location: On the W side of the minor road from Trerew to Llantilio Crossenny, located on gently sloping high ground approximately 100m SE of White Castle.

County: Monmouthshire

Town: Abergavenny

Community: Llantilio Crossenny (Llandeilo Gresynni)

Community: Whitecastle

Locality: White Castle

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

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History

Late C17 Renaissance farmhouse with unusual L-plan. Layout features a double-facade and is similar to nearby farmhouse at Lower White Castle. The main facade at Upper White Castle has been altered. The original 5-bay front was symmetrical and had a central entrance doorway which opened directly into the larger of two front rooms (right), with small front parlour (left). A third room and stairhall was housed in a separate rear wing. The rear wing (facing the garden) was given a lateral facade of equal architectural importance to the main front, and both elevations had a central front door with windows each side. However, although the main front was symmetrical, the garden front was irregular because the parlour chimney ran up the right side of the facade. The lateral front entrance doorway opens into a passage with third ground-floor room (left) and wider stairhall (right). The stairhall also gives independent access to the large front room and small parlour. The late C17 house would have had 2-light mullion and transom windows with small leaded panes. On the 1843 Tithe Map, Upper White Castle is marked as belonging to Henry Clifford Esq, the tenant was Esther Cotes.

Exterior

Late C17 Renaissance farmhouse. External walls are rendered with rendered plinth; hipped slate roof is coved at eaves, with rendered stacks to N and W end-walls. Two-storey E front has gabled 2-pane dormer in centre of roof slope. Windows have flat heads and painted stone sills. First floor has four C19 4-pane horned sash windows. On ground floor (l to r) is a 12-pane horned sash, a C20 metal window, and a C20 lean-to conservatory which encloses a C20 glazed entrance door and 4-pane sash window. Lateral front has similar 2-pane dormer to left. On first floor are three 12-pane horned sashes. On ground floor, central entrance doorway has C20 glazed wooden door and C20 porch, and (to left) big 12-pane sash.

Interior

Well-preserved interior has several features of interest, including exceptionally fine staircase. Late C17 dog-leg stair with broad treads rises in four flights and has closed string, turned bulbous balusters and shaped rail. Square newel posts are beaded at angles with plain caps and inner face of newel has attached half balusters. The larger of the two front rooms (present kitchen) has chamfered ceiling beams with hollow and fillet (Wern-hir) stops and boarded door to stairhall. The small front parlour has fine late C17 oak cupboards each side of fireplace. Each lower and upper fireplace cupboard has a 6-panel door with fielded panels. Third ground- floor room (in rear wing) has deep wooden fireplace lintel and chamfered ceiling beams with straight cut and scroll stops. First floor bedrooms have C17 boarded doors with strap hinges. Steeply pitched attic roof has collar trusses and one row of purlins.

Reasons for Listing

Late C17 Renaissance farmhouse with unusual double facade layout, retaining well-preserved interior detail, including exceptionally fine C17 dog-leg stair. Group value with White Castle ruins and the other listed buildings at White Castle.

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Other nearby listed buildings

  • II Cider House and attached Outhouse at Upper White Castle
    Some 20m NW of the farmhouse at Upper White Castle, at upper end of a gently sloping farmyard.
  • II Pigsty at Upper White Castle
    Some 15m N of the farmhouse at Upper White Castle.
  • II White Castle Cottage
    Approximately 100m E of White Castle, on W side of minor road between Tre-rhew and Llantilio Crossenny at the road junction to White Castle ruins.
  • I White Castle Ruins
    Impressively sited on gently sloping ground overlooking the village of Llanvetherine and the undulating countryside beyond, some 3km NW of village of Llantilio Crossenny.
  • II Yewtree Cottage
    Isolated rural position overlooking the ruins of White Castle, located approximately 100m W of the entrance to castle, approached along narrow track which skirts N boundary of the Outer Ward.
  • II Duke's Barn
    Linear barn range, aligned roughly SW to NE, in isolated rural position, some 300m SW of White Castle ruins, approached by footpath through open fields.
  • II Lower White Castle Farmhouse
    Some 500m SE of White Castle ruins, on SW side of minor road that leads to Llantilio Crossenny.
  • II Barn and attached Granary at Lower White Castle
    Flanking the entrance drive on S side of farmhouse at Lower White Castle Farm.

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