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Kilvrough Manor

Kilvrough Manor

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Kilvrough Manor is a large country house near Swansea. It is a Grade II* listed building. Its park is listed on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.

Kilvrough Manor

History

The house was built for Rowland Dawkin, a member of the Gower family, in 1585.[1] In 1820, Major Thomas Penrice of Great Yarmouth acquired the manor: in June 1831 he was ordered by the Marquess of Bute, Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan, to tackle civil unrest associated with the Reform Bill.[2] To his huge embarrassment, Penrice and his Yeomanry troops were disarmed by a large mob of rioters and, following an official inquiry, the local Yeomanry unit was re-organised by the Government.[3] The house passed to Penrice's nephew and, through the nephew's daughter, to the Lyons family.[3] Admiral of the Fleet Sir Algernon Lyons died there in 1908.[4] In the 1930s it was bought by Arthur Thomas, a Swansea businessman, and in 1949 it was bought by the Oxfordshire Education Committee.[5] It is now an outdoor learning centre.[6]

The park surrounding the house is listed at Grade II on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    Rees, David. "Major Penrice's Dilemma". The National Library of Wales. p. 20. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  2. [2]
    Rees, David. "Major Penrice's Dilemma". The National Library of Wales. p. 21. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  3. [3]
    Rees, David. "Major Penrice's Dilemma". The National Library of Wales. p. 23. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  4. [4]
    "Sir Algernon Lyons". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  5. [5]
    Rees, David. "Major Penrice's Dilemma". The National Library of Wales. p. 24. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  6. [6]
    "Kilvrough Manor". Oxfordshire Education Committee. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  7. [7]
    Cadw. "Kilvrough (PGW(Gm)51(SWA))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 6 February 2023.

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