Gardens · South Wales
Golden Grove
Golden Grove — a garden in wales-south, United Kingdom.
Mick Lobb — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
About
Golden Grove is a garden of interest in wales-south, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Golden Grove (Welsh: Gelli Aur) is a mansion and estate in the Welsh county of Carmarthenshire, located 4 miles (6 km) southwest of Llandeilo.
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Background
History
There have been three mansions on the estate. The first was built in 1560 by the Vaughan family, which was later ennobled as Earls of Carbery. This was destroyed by fire and replaced in 1754 by a Neoclassical box of fine quality, with a long Doric-columned portico. In 1804, the estate was bequeathed by John Vaughan, the last of the Golden Grove Vaughans, to his Oxford friend John Frederick Campbell, Lord Cawdor of Castlemartin, later 1st Earl Cawdor. He demolished the existing building and built the current house, designed by the leading architect Sir Jeffry Wyatville, 700 yards to the south-west above the original (begun 1827, completed 1834). Wyatville was simultaneously occupied in the…
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- Coordinates
- 51.8596, -4.0386
- Address
- Llanfihangel Aberbythych
- Established
- 1834
Sources
- wikidata: Q5579521 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Golden Grove, Carmarthenshire (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Golden Grove?
- Golden Grove is in South Wales, United Kingdom.
- When was Golden Grove built?
- Built or established in 1834.
- Who owns Golden Grove?
- Golden Grove is owned by Golden Grove Trust.