Penrhiw Priory
Penrhiw Priory was originally built as a vicarage in St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales, in 1884.[1] The building was enlarged in the 1960s, serving for a time as a priory.[2] In 2008 The Retreats Group Trust bought the building and commissioned Acanthus Holden Architects it undertake its conversion into a hotel.[2] Then in 2012, Penrhiw Priory reopened as an eight-bedroom hotel restored along with Roch Castle and Twr y Felin Hotel, by the Griffiths Roch Foundation, which was set up in 2009 by international architect Keith Griffiths. It is a Grade-II listed building.[3]
The Priory's Garden Bedroom was used by the vicar who was placed here by the Church of England in 1882 to stem the migration to non-conformist chapels. The stables housed his horses and carriage which enabled him to visit parishioners to entice them back to the church.
References
[edit]- ^ "Vicarage; Penrhiw; The Priory (30367)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
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- ^ Cadw. "Pen-Rhiw (12682)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 14 October 2021.