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The Palace
This medieval building, has intrigued countless passers-by; the name 'Palace' seems to suggest connections of importance. The Palace is now owned by the County Council.
The structure of the building was analysed
by N D Ludlow of Cambria Archaeology who describes it as 'a fine
example of a first floor hall-house over a vaulted basement'. Towards
the end of the medieval period a latrine block was built on the
north-west corner. There were post-medieval alterations and additions
but there was a decline in the status of the building. In 1841 it was
the residence of two agricultural labourers and their families, and so
it continued.
A strip of fields in Penally Parish extending northwards from the Palace, seem to constitute its former land. It was already under the ownership of the same family as Norchard (in Manorbier) which it bordered, by 1699.
