Wales
Swansea, Gower and the Vale of Neath

Historic Houses

Fonman Castle
At Barry, A4226/A4050. Tel. 01446 710206. Email: fonmon_castle@msn.com.
A lived-in medieval castle built c1200 and added to and renovated over the centuries. Georgian interiors. The hall, drawing room (once used as a meeting room by John Wesley), library, and kitchen (c1650) are on view.

Margam Castle
At Margam, in Margam Park, by Port Talbot on A48/M4.
This is a partial ruin of a Tudor-Gothic fantasy castle-home built in 1835. Gables, turrets and towers are part of the architecture. There is an AV presentation on its history, an orangery, a park, formal gardens, an Iron Age hillfort, and a maze in Margam Park.

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