What is recorded here

Penkelly Castle;Castle Farm, Garden, Pencelli stands in Powys as a surviving country house garden shaped across Medieval and Post Medieval centuries. The land may have worn the footsteps of keepers, growers and visitors long before modern roads reached it. Its continuity suggests a household that valued shelter, food and beauty enough to keep shaping the same ground through changing ages.

The National Monuments Record of Wales records Penkelly Castle;Castle Farm, Garden, Pencelli as Country House Garden from the Medieval; Post Medieval period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Penkelly Castle, also known as Castle Farm and Garden at Pencelli, was built by the de Pencelly family in the 13th century and later held by the influential Vaughan family in the 16th century. It is remembered for its historical association with Welsh gentry and its well-preserved medieval and post-medieval garden features.

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