As you sweep down the grand tree-lined driveway and arrive at Pencoed House’s majestic arched entranceway, you know you have arrived somewhere rather special. A residence with a rather regal air. Unsurprising since the estate was once home to descendants of a King of Glamorgan.

Built by Jevan ap David, a Welsh notable, in the early fifteenth century. The inclusion of the pointed Gothic stone arch in the house’s architecture has suggested to some that the house began life as a small monastery. Whatever its origins, Pencoed House Estate is one of the oldest properties in Glamorgan.