Penoyre House

Penoyre House
Penoyre House - under renovation in 2006
General information
TypeCountry house
Architectural styleItalianate
Town or cityBattle, Powys
CountryWales
Coordinates51°58′08″N 3°25′51″W / 51.9689°N 3.4309°W / 51.9689; -3.4309
Construction started1846
Completed1848
ClientJohn Lloyd Vaughan Watkins
Design and construction
Architect(s)Anthony Salvin
DesignationsGrade 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". 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 The gardens are listed Grade II on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.