A brief history of Penwaun

Penwaun was originally the lodge house and sheds to a large farm. The arched windows & doors on the front of the property were common features of local lodges. Plas Penywayn is first referred to in 1595 in old documents.

At the end of the 19th & the beginning of the 20th century, Penwaun was 2 semi-detached dwellings, each with its own ingle nook fireplace, with some small sheds alongside. A step down outside the kitchen marks the divide between the two. The residents of the 2 cottages were the clog maker & blacksmith. Iron clog heels are still appearing in the garden! The ceilings were then much lower, giving space for the families to sleep on straw beds upstairs & room for the animals to be kept on mud floors downstairs.

In the 1930s, the grandmother of the present owner knocked the 2 dwellings into one, raised the ceilings, built on 2 new bedrooms & laid a parquet floor. She also furnished the cottage & collected the brass & many of the jugs that are displayed on the traditional dresser. A 2nd hand solid fuel Rayburn was installed in the kitchen (replaced with the current oil fired model).

During the 2nd World War the family lived at Penwaun & held weekly knitting sessions at which local ladies made socks & other garments for the troops abroad.

After the War, her daughter & son in law spent every moment they could much time at Penwaun.  Their daughter and husband with their 3 children being obsessed by outdoor activities as a result of the growing up on the banks of the river in by the sea or up the mountains.

The Cottages were in need of care and attention and recently completed restoration to ensure that they met the very highest standards whilst remaining true to their history with beautiful slate flooring and luxurious underfloor heating.