WAW005927 WALES (1947). View of Dunraven castle
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Title | [WAW005927] View of Dunraven castle |
Reference | WAW005927 |
Date | 15-May-1947 |
Link | Coflein Archive Item 6413381 |
Place name | |
Parish | |
District | |
Country | WALES |
Easting / Northing | 288780, 172810 |
Longitude / Latitude | -3.6004989229207, 51.442857745952 |
National Grid Reference | SS888728 |
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This very large "greenhouse" is the Palm Court |
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Wednesday 6th of August 2014 07:38:05 PM |
Dunraven Castle.
CADW Register of Landscapes Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales Grade II Reference PGW(Gm)4(GLA)
Scheduled Ancient Monument Reference Dunraven Castle hillfort (Gm 350)
Site of a medieval castle (c 1530) (The Castle was built on the site of an early Iron Age Fort)
Replaced by a now demolished Victorian mansion built about 1800 for Thomas Wyndham MP.
The building was used as a convalescent hospital during World Wars I and II, and later as a Workers Tourist Authority guest house before being demolished in 1962/3.
Dunraven Park contains an Edwardian summerhouse (c 1901) and a well-preserved 19th-century tower containing a banqueting room and ice-house.
see also Wikipedia [[Dunraven Castle]]
Steam Locomotive 4092 was named after the castle. There was also a Castle Class frigate which carried the name. |
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Wednesday 6th of August 2014 07:37:13 PM |