Barony of Treforis Crest - Milntown - Ramsey, Isle of Man
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N 54° 19.191 W 004° 24.216
30U E 408704 N 6020017
Milntown house can be found on the western approaches to the town of Ramsey.
Waymark Code: WMY3TK
Location: Isle of Man
Date Posted: 04/15/2018
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Milntown house can be found on the western approaches to the town of Ramsey.
This releif plaque is a fixed to the east elavation of the house above the porch is the crest of the Barony of Trefori.
The plaque is crudely worked in lead and features a shield with two lions rampant and a fortified tower. The shield is topped by a stag's head above an open visored helmet. Below the shield is a foliate mantle which holds the motto - "Absque labore nihil" [nothing without effort]. Each corner of the plaque holds a small rose.
Records show that the Christian Family lived a Milntown at least the early 16th century and parts of the house date from that period.
During the seventeenth century the house underwent extensive alterations and a number of additions were made. After this period the Christians moved to Cumberland and let the house out to tenants. Finally in 1830 Deemster John Christian returned to live in Milntown after having the mansion house redesigned, much of which still survives.
Following the death of William Bell Christian in 1886, the house was run first as a private school by his widow, Vio, and their two daughters, Rita and May; and then as a hotel. It reverted to being a family home when Charles Peel Yates (of Yates’ Wine Lodges) bought it in 1947.
The front of the house includes the coats of arms of The Christian Family and that of Sir Clive Edwards, the son of Lady Kathleen Edwards, who lived in the house until his death in 1999, and is in the Gothic Revival style and dates from the early 1830s.
Source: An Introduction to the Architecture of the Isle of Man by Patricia Tutt (ISBN: 978-1-907945-10-6)
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