ALLT-Y-FANOG, Pontardawe, Neath Port Talbot 2018
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Notes on ALLT-Y-FANOG, Pontardawe, Neath Port Talbot 2018
Noted for its two stone staircases, my visit found the house much ruined and far too dangerous to enter. A shame since inside was wooden paneled and would have made the walk so much more worthwhile. Nonetheless, no regrets. The house is hidden within the undergrowth, Japanese Knotweed around the rear, the usual late Spring bramble and nettle to the front. Stone outbuilding intact and in agricultural use.
Noted for its two stone staircases, my visit found the house much ruined and far too dangerous to enter. A shame since inside was wooden paneled and would have made the walk so much more worthwhile. Nonetheless, no regrets. The house is hidden within the undergrowth, Japanese Knotweed around the rear, the usual late Spring bramble and nettle to the front. Stone outbuilding intact and in agricultural use.
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By Francis Law: This was my great grandparents home 80-100 years ago (on my mother’s side, whose maiden name is Chick). I will be bringing my family to Wales at the end of February and would like to try to find the farm house, but don’t know how to find it. Could you tell me how to get there? Many thanks, Francis Law By Francis Law: This was my great grandparents home 80-100 years ago (on my mother’s side, whose maiden name is Chick). I will be bringing my family to Wales at the end of February and would like to try to find the farm house, but don’t know how to find it. Could you tell me how to get there? Many thanks, Francis Law By Jonah Eccott: Hello Francis.
There is no date on your comment, so this reply may be totally pointless!
If you’re still interested, the farmhouse still stands, and is a sight for sore eyes, it’s a very interesting building, with roots to the 17th century, it’s listed, and if you google ‘Allt y Fanog’ results from the british listed buildings website should show, and coordinates should follow. Its only occupant now, however is a tawny owl. I regularly pass through the yard of this farm (a public footpath runs straight through) and often go and have a look at the building.
Also, there is a brilliant video on you tube ‘Cefin gwlard’ (a spoof of a welsh farming programme) and it’s set at Allt y fanog in 1994, remarkably the house is in, good enough condition to film in, there are some brilliant frames of the house.
I hope this helped, and i hope you manage to find it. By Jonah Eccott: Hello Francis.
There is no date on your comment, so this reply may be totally pointless!
If you’re still interested, the farmhouse still stands, and is a sight for sore eyes, it’s a very interesting building, with roots to the 17th century, it’s listed, and if you google ‘Allt y Fanog’ results from the british listed buildings website should show, and coordinates should follow. Its only occupant now, however is a tawny owl. I regularly pass through the yard of this farm (a public footpath runs straight through) and often go and have a look at the building.
Also, there is a brilliant video on you tube ‘Cefin gwlard’ (a spoof of a welsh farming programme) and it’s set at Allt y fanog in 1994, remarkably the house is in, good enough condition to film in, there are some brilliant frames of the house.
I hope this helped, and i hope you manage to find it.