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Historic Buildings of Montgomeryshire, Wales

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Historic Buildings of Montgomeryshire, Wales

Now in Powys

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The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Montgomeryshire, with links to sub-projects for specific buildings as appropriate. GENi profiles of people associated with those establishments can be linked to this project and/or to individual projects where they have been set up.

Castles, Baronial and Historic houses

... in alphabetical order

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Including Castles, Abbeys, Manor Houses, Mansions, Stately Homes, Country houses, Estate houses, Courts, Halls, Parks and other listed buildings of historic interest

Bold links are to GENi projects and profiles; others are to external websites

A

B

  • Bettws Hall
  • Broneirion - an elegant country mansion built by industrialist David Davies as his the family home. He was responsible for much of the development of the Glamorgan and Monmouthshire valleys and the export of coal in the 19th century. Now owned by The Girl Guides Association

C

  • Castle Caereinion - The village is named after this ancient castle built by Madog ap Meredydd for Owain Cyfeiliog, who subsequently burnt it to the ground, after siding with the English.
  • Clochfaen Hall, Llangurig - designed by architect William Arthur Smith Benson, a designer of the Arts and Crafts movement. He also designed the drinking fountain between the road and the village green, the erection of which commemorates the completion of the village's piped water supply, a scheme begun by Colonel Lloyd-Verney to whom the fountain is also a memorial.
  • Cwmhir Abbey, Llanidloes - dissolved by Henry VIII in 1536; some of its 13th century arches were dismantled and reassembled in St Idloes Church, where they can still be seen.

D

  • Dyffryn Hall, - Georgian period manor house situated to the west of the village of Melfod and was home to Clement Davies, the Montgomeryshire MP and leader of the post-war Liberal Party between 1945 and 1956.
  • Dolforwyn Castle - remains, the only castle built by the last prince of Gwynedd of direct descent, Llywelyn ap Gruffydd Fychan. In 2006 a Roman road was found while building the "Felin Hafren" estate.

G

  • Glansevern Hall - a Grade II listed house to the south of Berriew, built between 1801 and 1807 for Sir Arthur Davies Owen, by Joseph Bromfield. It was completely rebuilt in 1859 by the architect James K Colling for Major-General William George Gold.
  • Garthmyl Hall - a Grade II listed house to the south of Berriew. Garthmyl Hall was completely rebuilt in 1859 by the architect James K Colling for Major-General William George Gold.

L

  • Llanfyllin - The remains of a 1599 house exist within the town, in which John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort, the Roman Catholic ambassador from James II to the Pope, hid for a while. Then owned by a family called Price, they agreed to hide Drummond while he fled for asylum after the Glorious Revolution
  • Llanfyllin old Union Workhouse, known as Y Dolydd locally. Built in 1838 this old Victorian building had stood empty since the mid-1980s until a local voluntary group, the Llanfyllin Workhouse project, got involved and are slowly renovating it to a make local centre for Arts, Creativity and Environment. It is also home to the renowned Llanfyllin Workhouse Festival.

M

  • Maesmawr Hall - Caersws, built in the early 19th century.
  • Montgomery Castle - begun in 1223, a Norman stone castle on a crag. The castle was built in the early 13th century to control an important ford over the nearby River Severn and replaced an earlier motte and bailey fortification at Hendoman, two miles away. An important supporter of King William I, Roger de Montgomery, originally from Montgomery in Normandy, was given this part of the Welsh Marches by William and his name was given to the town surrounding the castle. Montgomery was sacked at the beginning of the 15th century by the Welsh rebel prince Owain Glyndŵr. At this time, the castle and surrounding estates were held by the Mortimer family (the hereditary Earls of March) but they came into royal hands when the last Earl of March died in 1425. In 1485, King Richard III was defeated at the Battle of Bosworth and the Royal Estates, including Montgomery and its castle, passed into the hands of the new King, Henry VII, the first Tudor king, and a Welshman by descent. The castle was then given to another powerful Welsh family, the Herberts, in 1541. During the Civil War, the castle was captured by Parliamentary forces and subsequently slighted (partially demolished) to remove its military threat.

P

  • Powis Castle ❊

R

  • Royal House, Machynlieth, - mediæval house that can still be seen today. According to local tradition, Dafydd Gam, a Welsh ally of the English Kings, was imprisoned here from 1404 to 1412 for attempting to assassinate Owain Glyndŵr. After his release by Glyndŵr, Gam fought alongside King Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt and is named amongst the dead in Shakespeare's Henry V. The name "Royal House" is later, undoubtedly referring to the tradition that King Charles I stayed at the house in 1643.

T

  • Trawscoed Hall from 1777.

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