Historic houses · South Wales
Sker House
In or near Ewenny.
Sker House — Grade I listed building in Bridgend County Borough.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Pyle · 3.6 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Sker House, the nearest railway station is Pyle, located 3.6 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is CF36 3PJ. Please note that wheelchair accessibility is limited.
About
Sker House is a historic house in the United Kingdom — typically a country seat, manor, or town house with notable architecture or history. Heritage designation: Grade I listed building. Wikidata describes it as: "Grade I listed building in Bridgend County Borough.". Coordinates: 51.5046°, -3.7372°.
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Heritage listing
http://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=en&id=11217
From Cadw under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Sker House is a historic building in Wales. Originally built as a monastic grange of the Cistercian order over 900 years ago, it is situated just outside the town of Porthcawl, near Bridgend. Little remains of the original structure and it was completely rebuilt in the late sixteenth century. Its residential form appears to have been determined by the preceding monastic grange. The house is largely famous as the basis of R. D. Blackmore's book The Maid of Sker, the 1955 novel Sker House by Ronald Welch, as well as the 2014 video game Maid of Sker and it's sequel Sker Ritual.
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Background
History
Sker House was constructed about 900 years ago as the grange of Neath Abbey. There would have been a farm with outbuildings and barns, accommodation for the Cistercian monks who worked there and a chapel. Not much of the medieval house remains but one of the buildings may be preserved as part of the nearby large barn, Tŷ yr Ychen, which is also medieval. The great hall occupied the central part of the house on the first floor, and extended upwards into the second floor. There was a parlour on one side of this and living accommodation on the other, while the ground floor housed the kitchens, offices and servants quarters.
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- Coordinates
- 51.5046, -3.7372
- District
- Bridgend
- Parish
- Cornelly
- Postcode
- CF36 3PJ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Aberafan Maesteg
- Established
- 1692
- Nearest railway station
- Pyle — 3.6 km
- Official site
- tlecluse.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q7534667 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Sker House (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Sker House in 1996.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Sker House?
- Sker House is in South Wales, United Kingdom (postcode CF36 3PJ), in the parish of Cornelly.
- What is Sker House?
- Sker House — Grade I listed building in Bridgend County Borough.
- How do I get to Sker House?
- The nearest railway station is Pyle, about 3.6 km away. Drivers can use postcode CF36 3PJ.
- When was Sker House built?
- Built or established in 1692.
- Who owns Sker House?
- Sker House is owned by Privately owned.
- Is Sker House a listed building?
- Sker House is officially recognised as Grade I listed building listed.
- How do I get to Sker House?
- The nearest railway station is Pyle, about 3.6 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode CF36 3PJ.