1. 1800. Altered. 3 storey and loft. Later West wing. Mullion transom windows. Ogee headed doors.
RCAHMW, 1993

2. Penally Abbey is at the northern end of Penally, in extensive grounds 150m north of St Nicholas's Church [NPRN: 400386]. The house is of c.1800, first mentioned in 1803. It is named from its proximity to the ruins, now within its grounds, traditionally believed to have been part of an abbey (Penally Abbey including St Deiniol's Chapel [NPRN: 30174]. It was owned by Sir Huw Owen in 1803, Colonel Saurin (when he founded the Pembrokeshire Regiment of Volunteers) in 1859, and in the 1920's by the Jameson family of distillers. It has for some years been a hotel and country club. It is a house in Gothic style, of two storeys and an attic, with an irregular plan, with main rooms facing east to enjoy the view of Carmarthen Bay. The composition seen from the garden is of picturesque irregularity, with varying eaves, gables and dormers. The main entrance, staircase and kitchen quarters are at the rear. It is partly rendered and partly exposed limestone masonry and built of random rubble with larger selected stones at the corners. There is a slate roof with tile ridges and rendered chimneys. The main windows consist of ogee-headed lights in groups of two, three or five, with casements or fixed lights, a tracery of glazing bars, and stone sills. There are carved bargeboards and finials. It has a rebuilt porch at the centre of the garden front, with a flight of five steps. A former north wing kitchen is now converted to serve as an extension to the dining room. A small courtyard to the rear (west) leads to a former outbuilding which was formerly a bar, now containing a swimming pool. At the entrance to this yard is a Tudor-style gate. At the north-east corner of the house is a preserved fragment of an old chimney, now used as a garden gateway. There is a terrace along the garden front with a crenellated wall. Behind the house is a stable building now converted to guest accommodation. Internally, the principal rooms are the drawing room at the south, a central lobby, and the dining room at the north. In the drawing room is an Adam style fireplace with Ionic colonettes and a fluted frieze. It has a fine decorative plaster ceiling with a centre feature and wide perimeter ornament. In the central room are built-in Gothic cupboards. The original interior joinery generally is in this style, even in minor rooms. The fireplace in this room is said to have been moved from another location. There are 2 full height Tuscan columns framing the way to the porch and garden. In the dining room is a fine late-Georgian chimneypiece with large mirror.
(Source: CADW listed buildings database, 26 April 1996)
Ian Archer, RCAHMW, 30th March 2005