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Penally Abbey Hotel
Tenby, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom · Independent · Accessible Luxury
Penally Abbey sits on a monastic site said to go back to the sixth century and St Teilo, with the ruined twelfth-century chapel of St Deiniol still on the six-acre limestone grounds above Tenby. The Jameson whiskey family lived in the Gothic house from 1916 to 1925; it became a country club in the 1950s and a ten-room hotel in 1985, looking out toward Carmarthen Bay.
- 10 rooms
- Opened 1985
- Neighborhood: Penally
About Penally Abbey Hotel
- A ruined twelfth-century chapel, St Deiniol's, stands on a monastic site tied to St Teilo and said to date to the sixth century.
- The Jameson whiskey family occupied the Gothic-style limestone house from 1916 to 1925.
- It ran as a country club in the 1950s before opening as a hotel in 1985, a mile from the beach and two miles from Tenby.
History
Penally Abbey occupies a Gothic-style country house near Tenby on the Pembrokeshire coast of Wales, built of local limestone across three buildings on roughly six acres. The grounds hold a ruined 12th-century chapel (St Deiniol's) on a monastic site said to date to the 6th century and associated with St Teilo. The Jameson whiskey family occupied the house from 1916 to 1925, and it served as a country club in the 1950s before being converted into a hotel in 1985.
The setting
2 miles from Tenby.
Restaurants and bars
- Rhosyn Restaurant at Penally Abbey — Restaurant · Modern British
Awards
- AA Three Red Stars (2025)
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