Penoyre House | |
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General information | |
Type | Country house |
Architectural style | Italianate |
Town or city | Battle, Powys |
Country | Wales |
Coordinates | 51°58′08″N 3°25′51″W / 51.9689°N 3.4309°W |
Construction started | 1846 |
Completed | 1848 |
Client | John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Anthony Salvin |
Designations | Grade II* listed |
Penoyre House, Battle, Powys, Wales is a nineteenth century country house. Designed by Anthony Salvin for Colonel John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins, it was built between 1846-8. In an Italianate style, it is described by Mark Girouard as "Salvin's most ambitious classical house".[1] The enormous cost of the house almost bankrupted the family and it was sold only 3 years after Colonel Watkins's death. From 1947, the house was in institutional use, and was converted to apartments in the early twenty-first century. The building is Grade II* listed[2] The gardens are listed Grade II on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.[3]