Singleton Abbey - Swansea, Wales. - Pre-Victorian Historic Homes on Waymarking.com

"Erected in 1784 under the name of Marino by Edward King, a customs official. In 1817 this was bought by the industrialist John Henry Vivian, who added rectangular one-bay extensions to either side. In 1823 Vivian commissioned the architect P. F. Robinson to re-model the house in the neo-gothic style. Work started in 1827, and a decade later Robinson published Domestic Architecture in the Tudor Style, a monograph in all but name on Singleton Abbey. The house survives, with limited losses, much as it appears in the engraved plates of the book. The back stairs, on the axis of the south front, and the ground-floor room in the centre of the south front, with a bowed inner end, survive from the original house of 1784.

In 1919 the 2nd Lord Swansea sold Singleton Abbey to Swansea Corporation. In 1920 the Corporation rented and in 1923 sold the house and the nucleus of the estate to the University College of Swansea, which made the Abbey its headquarters". Text Source: (visit link)

Earliest Recorded Date of Construction: 01/01/1784 Additional Dates of Construction: 1827 & 1920. Architectural Period/Style: Neo Classical, Neo Gothic, now Tudor Style Architect (if known): architect P. F. Robinson Type of Building e.g. Country House, Stately Home, Manor: Manor / Abbey, Now Finance office, & HQ of Swansea University Interesting Historical Facts or Connections: See Web Site: http://www.archiveswales.org.uk/anw/get_collection.php?inst_id=35&coll_id=11867&expand= Main Material of Construction: Stone Private/Public Access: Private Admission Fee (if applicable): 0.00 (listed in local currency) Rating: Landscape Designer (if known): Not listed Listed Building Status (if applicable): Not listed Opening Hours (if applicable): Not listed Related Website: Not listed

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