Monaughty House
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| Monaughty House | |
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| Location | Llangunllo, Powys, Wales |
| Coordinates | 52°18′36″N 3°07′08″W / 52.31°N 3.119°W |
| Built | c.1565 |
| Architectural style(s) | Vernacular |
| Governing body | Privately owned |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
| Official name | Monaughty House |
| Designated | 24 October 1951 |
| Reference no. | 9126 |
  Location of Monaughty House in Powys | |
Monaughty House (or Mynachdy,[1] Welsh for 'Monastery') stands in the community of Llangunllo, Powys, Wales. Dating from c. 1565, it is one of the oldest stone-built houses in the county and a Grade I listed building.
Monaughty House stands south-east of the village of Llangunllo in the eastern part of Powys, close to the border with England.[2] The house was built in the mid-16th century for the Price family, local landowners who served as high sheriffs and members of Parliament for the historic county of Radnorshire in the 16th and 17th centuries.[a][b][2][5] James Price, the builder of the house, was a beneficiary of the dissolution of the monasteries, Monaughty was built on the site of a grange belonging to Cwmhir Abbey.[6] Peter Smith notes that further work was undertaken in the 1630s, including the creation of a staircase leading off the central hall.[7]
Monaughty is a private house and is not open to the public. In the 20th–21st centuries, its owners have undertaken an extensive programme of restoration.[5]
Architecture and description
Monaughty House was built to a traditional U-plan, with a central hall and two projecting wings; it is one of the earliest houses in Powys to have been built in stone.[2] Above the hall, and accessed via a stair turret, is an "impressively large" great chamber.[5] Robert Scourfield and Richard Haslam, in their Powys volume in the Buildings of Wales series, describe it as "one of the best houses of its type in Wales".[5] The interior contains plasterwork with the coat of arms of Elizabeth I.[1] Monaughty House is a Grade I listed building.[2]
