Church Farmhouse, Kemeys Commander Explained

Church Farmhouse
Type:Farmhouse
Map Relief:yes
Coordinates:51.7374°N -2.9442°W
Location:Kemeys Commander, Monmouthshire
Built:mid-16th century
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

Church Farmhouse, Kemeys Commander, Monmouthshire 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. The farmhouse was originally the parsonage to the adjacent Church of All Saints On a tithe map of 1841, the farmhouse is recorded as being occupied by an Eleanor Morgan, who was farming 107 acres.

Architecture and description

The building is a cruck-truss house but without the hall open to the roof, the more common style. 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", 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”.

References

. John Newman (architectural historian). The Buildings of Wales. Gwent/Monmouthshire. 2000. Penguin. London. 0-14-071053-1.