Historic houses in Wales - Wye Valley/Usk region
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Historic Houses

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Penhow Castle Penhow Castle
Tel. (0)1633 400 800.
Penhow Castle, fully restored, was, at first, a medieval keep. Then a hall block was added in the 15th century, and later a Stuart manor home. There are a 13th century curtain wall and a 12th century keep tower and ramparts on view. Rooms on the audio tour include the Norman bedroom, a 15th century great hall, a minstrels' gallery, a Tudor moat room, a Charles II panelled dining room, an 18th century kitchen and a Victorian housekeeper's room.

Plas Machynlleth
Machynlleth, (A499/487) Montgomeryshire, Powys.
Interesting and important (listed building) Welsh gentry house with parkland on the edge of a small town. The house and garden were given to the town as a public park. The historical development of the site reflects that of the town.

Tredegar House Tredegar House
2 m SW Newport, Gwent, off M4; Tel. 0633 815880
Tredegar was a large estate at one time, complete with bakehouse, brewhouse, barn, mill and a stable as grand as the house. The grounds contain specimen trees and gardens.
The house is of red brick with its original entrance intact. The original furnishings were removed, but some have been recovered and others replaced. The New Parlour is furnished in Victorian style as a dining room. In the New Hall is an assortment of 17th century portraits of kings and queens. The carvings in the Brown room include strange beast, foliage and faces. The bedchamber contains a 1720's bed. There is a below stairs exhibition with a kitchen, still room, housekeeper's room and servants' hall.

Tretower Court
In Tretower village, off A479, five miles northwest of Crickhowell. Cadw. Tel. 01874 730279.
15th century medieval mansion with fine timberwork and walled courtyard. Ruined castle with 13th century round keep and late medieval garden share the grounds. (See also Tretower Castle).


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