St Fagans Castle - Manor House - Cardiff, Wales. - Pre-Victorian Historic Homes on Waymarking.com

St Fagans Castle, now known as The National History Museum of Welsh Life, is one of Europe's leading open–air museums and Wales's most popular heritage attraction.

A Grade 1 listed building: (visit link)

The Old Castle remains, description.
"On a bluff above the Ely River is a D-shaped court which is surrounded by a 13th-century curtain wall 2m thick. The moat on the east and north sides has been filled in, the parapets are rebuilt, and the only medieval feature is a narrow pointed postern doorway on the SW which was reopened in 1947 after being blocked for centuries. Peter le Sore raised a ringwork here after dispossessing the Welsh lord Meurig ap Hywell in 1091. In the early 14th century the castle passed to the le Vele family by marriage, and in 1475 it passed to David Mathew when he married Alice le Vele.

The New Castle (Manor House)
The descendants of their daughters sold the castle to Dr John Gibbon in c1560, who built a fine mansion in the court Either he or Sir Nicholas Herbert of Cogan Pill who purchased the castle in 1584, laid out the outer court to the north. The castle was sold again in 1616 to Sir Edward Lewis of The Van, near Caerphilly, and became the chief Lewis residence. In 1730 the Windsor 3rd earl of Plymouth married the heiress of Elizabeth Lewis. Some decorative work was undertaken in the 1760s but by 1815 the building was neglected and used only by a farmer. It was restored in the 1850s, and in 1946 was presented to the National Museum of Wales, the grounds being opened as the Welsh Folk Museum in 1948." Text Source: (visit link)

Link to the official museum web site: (visit link)
Includes 360 degree views of the Manor house..

Now known as the National History Museum of Wales.
Satellite navigation or GPS use CF5 6XB.

Earliest Recorded Date of Construction: 01/01/1560 Additional Dates of Construction: Some decorative work was undertaken in the 1760s It was restored in the 1850s, Architectural Period/Style: Elizabethan Type of Building e.g. Country House, Stately Home, Manor: Manor House. Interesting Historical Facts or Connections: Orriginally a Castle, Now a museum. Listed Building Status (if applicable): A Grade 1 listed building Main Material of Construction: Stone Private/Public Access: Yes ( FREE, public access ,within museum opening hours.) Admission Fee (if applicable): 0.00 (listed in local currency) Opening Hours (if applicable): From: 10:00 AM To: 5:00 PM Related Website: [Web Link] Rating: Architect (if known): Not listed Landscape Designer (if known): Not listed

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