Newton House (Llandeilo)

, Also Dynevor Castle or Welsh Newton House: Plas Dinefwr called, is a manor house in Carmarthenshire in Wales. The * classified as a cultural monument is a fine Grade II manor house is about 1200 m west of the town of Llandeilo and approximately 800 m north-northeast of the castle ruins of Dinefwr Castle.

• 2.1 mansion
• 2.2 Garden and Park

History

Newton in the Middle Ages and in early modern times

At the time of the conquest of the Welsh royal residence Dinefwr Castle by Edward I in the late 13th century, there was a Welsh settlement east of the castle. In competition with this settlement a new settlement north of the now royal castle was founded around 1297. The first inhabitants were English -born settlers who were given more privileges in contrast to the conquered Welsh. The settlement was called New Town (English for New City). Under Edward of Woodstock, the Black Prince, the settlement received more rights and privileges.

In the settlement of a manor house, which was acquired in 1440 by the royal representative in South Wales Gruffudd ap Nicolas was born. His grandson Rhys ap Thomas, who also exercised the office of the royal deputy in South Wales from 1485, Newton House, I extend, but moved in the late 15th century residence in the larger Carew Castle in Pembrokeshire. His grandson, Rhys ap Gruffydd FitzUrien was executed in 1531 under Henry VIII for treason, Newton House and his other possessions were seized by the crown. Between 1595 and 1603 the old mansion is being rebuilt by its new owners.

Construction of a new mansion in the 17th century

The descendants of Rhys ap Gruffydd FitzUrien changed their name to Rice and could only under Mary I and later Charles I again hold office and were given a small part of the former lands of her family. Later, they were able to buy more parts of their possessions back. Edward Rice acquired back in 1659 Newton House and began in 1660 with the construction of a new mansion, which was surrounded by a formal garden. The Borough Newton was moved and demolished in favor of this mansion and the west adjoining deer park.

Creation of the park in the 18th century

Under George Rice and his wife Cecil Talbot the mansion 1757-1779 was rebuilt. With regard to Cecil Talbot, the only child and heiress of the title Baron Dynevor is 1780 for Cecil's father, William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot created, they inherit after his death in 1782. Also, the formal garden is transformed in the second half of the 18th century into a landscape garden. The famous landscape architect Lancelot Brown delivered in 1775 amendments to the plans. The park now also included the castle ruins, on the Keep a summer house was built. The southern and western part of the park with its old trees was a popular destination for visitors and painter, and was often painted and described.

Newton House from the 19th century to today

From 1856 to 1858 the mansion gets under the 4th Baron Dynevor its present form by Richard Kyrke Penson.

After the death of the 7th Baron in 1956 and the death of the 8th Baron 1962 forced high inheritance taxes the family to sell the majority of their land. Newton House also was sold in 1974, but in the following years the house was uninhabited and fell into disrepair. It was inhabited by squatters, inflicting severe damage in the house where they used parts of the device as well as beams and girders of the attic as firewood. In 1987, the National Trust Wildlife Park and the outer park, 1990, he bought Newton House. The house has been restored with the help of Cadw and is open to visitors. 1990 was acquired by the National Trust and located within the north-east of the Park Home Farm and the east of the manor house located Penparc. The new park with its old trees and the grounds of the castle ruins acquired 1979 West Wales Wildlife Trust. The park is easily accessible.

Plant

Manor house

The entrance to the mansion is from Llandeilo from the east. The three-storey mansion has four corner towers with high slate roofs. In parts of the house dates from the 16th century, but the bulk of the Baustubstanz comes from the executed around 1660 new. The exterior was designed to 1858 in the Gothic Revival style. To the south of the house are two large courtyards outbuildings.

The manor house has on the ground floor exhibition rooms, which are decorated in the style of the Edwardian era. In addition to the state rooms including the kitchen, storage spaces and the living rooms of the servants. In the rooms on the upper floor there is an exhibition on the history of Dinefwr is.

Garden and park

The house is surrounded by a 286 acre walled park and garden, the garden wall was finished in 1774. To the west facade of the mansion adjoined by a small formal garden with a fountain, which is separated by a wall and a Ha -Ha from the adjoining wildlife park. Except for the south side, where there are the farm buildings, the mansion is surrounded by the landscaped as a landscape park with meadows and groves wildlife park, which is bounded on the north by the A40. Only remains of an avenue of lime trees reminiscent of the formal garden of the early 17th century. The wildlife park is home to a herd of 100 fallow deer and a small herd of White Park Cattle, which was already mentioned before 1000 years under Hywel Dda.

To the south of the park goes to the east bordering the ruins of Castlewood, a forest with a large stock of old trees, including more than 300 oak trees that are older than 400 years old. 2007, the forest was named for its old trees to the National Nature Reserve, so Dinefwr Park is the only park in Wales, which has that status. In the south of the park is bordered by the Tywi.

The park has several remains were discovered from the Roman period, in addition to old road residues also a Roman milestone. When purchased in 2002 by the National Trust Home Farm the remains of a Roman fort were discovered.

South-east of the manor house is located in the central part of the park, the old church of St Tyfi of Llandyfeisant. The church originally dates from the Middle Ages, in the 19th century, it was restored in the Gothic Revival style and served as a church family of the Barons of Dynevor later. Until 1961 it was used for religious services, after which they fell. In the 1990s, the two-aisled church was restored and briefly used as an information center, but which is currently closed.