Historic houses · Mid Wales
Abercamlais Including Dovecote Cottage
Abercamlais Including Dovecote Cottage in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
Alan Hughes — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Abercamlais Including Dovecote Cottage is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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Heritage listing
http://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=en&id=6785
From Cadw under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Abercamlais is a country house at Trallong in the Usk valley between Brecon and Sennybridge in Powys, Wales. Possibly dating back to the Middle Ages, it underwent various alterations and additions during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries accounting for all or most of what may be seen today. It is a Grade I listed building.
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Background
History
The Abercamlais estate has been in the possession of the Williams family since Elizabethan times. In the early 18th century, the existing mansion was rebuilt as a three-storey block in a Neoclassical style. In the 19th century, a Tudorbethan porch was added, Sir George Gilbert Scott being suggested as the architect. The base of the pigeon house forms a bridge over a stream, and was fitted out as a latrine, a device Scourfield and Haslam consider, "simplicity itself, with useful and ornamental qualities into the bargain". The gardens attached to the house extend on both sides of the Usk and are connected by a grade II*-listed Elizabethan three arch stone bridge, and a Grade II-listed wrought…
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- Coordinates
- 51.9500, -3.5074
- District
- Powys
- Parish
- Trallong
- Postcode
- LD3 8EY
- Parliamentary constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe
Sources
- wikidata: Q17743481 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Abercamlais (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Abercamlais Bridge
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Abercamlais Including Dovecote Cottage?
- Abercamlais Including Dovecote Cottage is in Mid Wales, United Kingdom (postcode LD3 8EY), in the parish of Trallong.
- What is Abercamlais Including Dovecote Cottage?
- Abercamlais Including Dovecote Cottage in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Abercamlais Including Dovecote Cottage?
- Drivers can use postcode LD3 8EY.
- Who owns Abercamlais Including Dovecote Cottage?
- Abercamlais Including Dovecote Cottage is owned by Privately owned.
- Is Abercamlais Including Dovecote Cottage a listed building?
- Abercamlais Including Dovecote Cottage is officially recognised as I listed.
- How do I get to Abercamlais Including Dovecote Cottage?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode LD3 8EY. It sits within the Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe parliamentary constituency.