Llwdarth

Has been described as a Possible Uncertain

There are uncertain remains

NameLlwdarth
Alternative NamesLlwydarth
Historic CountryGlamorgan
Modern AuthorityBridgend
1974 AuthorityMid Glamorgan
CommunityMaesteg

Possible castle mentioned by the welsh scholar and forger Edward Williams (Iolo Morgannwg). (King)

The farmhouse is set on a steep hill, with access by farm track directly off the A4063 Maesteg to Bridgend Road.

Originally built in the C16 and altered in the C17. Noted by Rice Merrick as 'dwelling house of Thomas ap Hywel ap John Coch, by him built'. His son, Antony Powel was steward to Sir Thomas Mansel in 1605. The bard, Dafydd Benwyn recorded the unstinting generosity of the Llwydarth family. (Listed Building Report)

Gatehouse Comments

Llwdarth does not appear as a modern place name. There is a dwelling called Llwydarth in Llangynwyd parish which presumably is the site of what King and Williams was referring too. This was held by a Powell family. The house called Llwydarth is marked as an antiquity on the 1884 OS map and recorded in Coflein ? Post Medieval Domestic Dwelling. 'Mid C17 with some late medieval interior features'.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

This is a Grade 2* listed building protected by law

Historic Wales CADW listed database record number
The National Monument Record (Coflein) number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSS858901
Latitude51.5986099243164
Longitude-3.64924001693726
Eastings285800
Northings190100
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Books

  • RCAHMW, 1988, An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan Vol. 4: Farmhouse and Cottages p. 312
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 1 p. 173