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Step back in time with this marvellous restoration of Tretower Court, a fortified medieval manor house. Surviving as a brilliant example of transition from a stone castle to a wooden manor house, Tretower Court will have you exploring how the wealthy of Wales’s past once lived. With a beautiful garden, open grassland, seasonal reenactments and audio guided tours, Tretower is a perfect escape from the modern world.
Filmed: Summer 2021
Music: Vindsvept, fantasy music - • Once in a Blue Moon - ... - Royalty Free King - • Video
Entry: Paid
---- Short History ----
- Tretower Castle began as a motte and bailey castle of earth and timber, built by the Picard family in the 11th century.
- But by the mid 12th century a stone shell keep was constructed.
- In the years that followed the great tower and walls were added.
- It survives as one of the best examples from this period.
- Although there was some overlap in use, in the 14th century, the stone castle was abandoned in favour of the medieval manor house built nearby.
- Tretower Court possibly dates to as early as 1300 and saw continued development over the years. Modernising and changing according to the needs and tastes of successive owners.
- The north range dates to the 14th century, the west to the 15th and the gatehouse of the south to the later 15th century.
- Tretower Castle was listed as a defensible stronghold for the King in 1404 and successfully held off an attack.
- In the early 15th century, Owain Glyndwr led a revolt against the new king, Henry IV. Tretower was under a very real threat.
- Around 1450, Roger Vaughan was given Tretower by his half brother Sir William Herbert. Vaughan proceeded with extensive modernisations and building work.
- This was all to make Tretower more befitting for his position as the most prominent commoner in Wales.
- Sir Roger Vaughan was on the Yorkist side in the Wars of the Roses in the mid 15th century. He was knighted for his efforts in quelling an uprising in Carmarthenshire in 1465. But after being captured by Jasper Tudor he was beheaded at Chepstow Castle in 1471.
- Successive Vaughans added to the impressive estate until the late 17th century.
- Charles Vaughan, a sheriff of Brecknock added cellars, a new stair, and an alternative entrance.
- His son Edward inherited the Court but when he died it passed to his sister Margaret, who married Thomas Morgan.
- A few more generations acquired the court without improving it.
- In 1783, Tretower was sold as the Vaughans decided to live elsewhere.
- Tretower eventually became a farm, with the buildings used as barns and sheds.
- The majority of the structure was left uncared for.
- By the 20th century the building was in danger of collapse.
- In 1929 the Brecknock society successfully appealed for the government to purchase the building in order to save it and have restored it for the nation.
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---- Further Reading ----
- www.castlewales.com/tretwr.html
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tretowe...
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