Plas Taliaris

Plas Taliaris is first mentioned in patent rolls dating to 1336. The first family to establish themselves at the hall were the Gwynne family, who were descended from the son of the landholder Rhys ap Thomas. After the death of David Gwynne in around 1721 the estate was inherited by Richard Jones, a relative of the Gwynne family whose surname Jones later took. Under this owner the mansion was refaced in Bath stone. The estate was put up for sale in 1785, ten years after the death of Richard's son David Jones Gwynne. The house was sold in 1787 to Lord Robert Seymour. Shortly after his death Seymour's widow sold the estate to the sum of £65,000 to the Lancashire businessman Robert Peel, first…

The house was built in the early sixteenth century; it is E-shaped and has gone through various modifications during its history. The south front is eighteenth century and is faced with Bath stone and has a flight of steps leading to a central porch with Doric columns. There are three storeys, and the south and east sides each have five regularly arranged windows. The house has a hipped roof hidden behind a parapet, running back to a half-hipped main roof. The chimney stacks are rendered. The hall and several other rooms are panelled and the plasterwork and ceilings are ornate with decorated beams. There are classical scenes painted on some walls. The staircase is Jacobean in style and…