Historic Houses in Powys, mid Wales
Abbey Cwm Hir Hall is a Grade II* listed Victorian Gothic Revival mansion overlooking the ruins of a 12th century Cistercian Abbey (and incorporating carved stones from it). Each of the 52 rooms is open to owner-led tours and is carefully conceived to make a separate style statement. It is one of the finest 19th-century houses in Wales, an outstanding example of Victorian style.
Abbey Cwm Hir, Powys, Wales, LD1 6PH
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Heritage Highlight: Outstanding Victorian architecture
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Bryngwyn Hall is a beautifully restored 18th-century brick house is set in nine acres of Edwardian gardens featuring rare plants brought from Bhutan. Surrounding the house and formal gardens is attractive parkland laid out in the 18th century.
Bwlch-y-Cibau, Llanfyllin, Powys, Wales, SY22 5LJ
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Heritage Highlight: Original late 18th century interiors
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Craig-y-Nos Castle is a Victorian country house on the southern fringe of the Brecon Beacons, built in 1840 by Captain Rice Davies Powell. Captain Powell created a mock Gothic castle of local limestone on a terraced site above the River Tawe. His design called for a grand mansion, but costs outstripped Powell's funds, and the north wing remained unfinished.
Brecon Road, Pen-y-Cae, Brecon Beacons, Powys, Wales, SA9 1GL
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In 1936 Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin wrote 'What a country! What peace! What healing air! I am soaking up the Welsh spirit!'. He was writing of Gregynog Hall, a Victorian mansion built around a much older historic house. The house is set in glorious listed gardens and woodland.
Tregynon, Newtown, Powys, Wales, SY16 3PW
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Heritage Highlight: Extraordinary concrete mansion house
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The former home of the Marquess of Londonderry, Plas Machynlleth (or Y Plas as the family called it) is a Victorian mansion built from an 18th century house, itself a remodelling of an earlier 17th century building.
Machynlleth, Powys, Wales, SY20 8ER
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