Plas Crwn ruin in Llanddewi Velfrey Parish
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Plas Crwn ruin in Llanddewi Velfrey Parish
Image: © Deborah Tilley Taken: 22 Feb 2009
Having taken the wrong path I drove through manicured grounds that could have passed for being ecclesiastical and rounded the bend to see these ruins, Plas Crwn, once a manor house. The lane continued beyond to open out into a spectacular courtyard where there were horses, cats and dogs, and inhabited. On return, I had to find out a bit more about this lovely place. The George family lived there in the C19th and Fanny Margaret George married Thomas Reece Thomas of Llanboidy c1796-1883. He was connected to the Willy family of Lampeter Velfrey and a surgeon of Haverfordwest. Their son was Tudor Vaughan Howell Thomas 1852-1906. The 1907 OS map for Carmarthenshire XXXVI Sheet 16 lists an arboretum; woodland; shrubbery; lodge; gatehouse; haw haw; house; conservatory; walled garden; carriage drive and parkland http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/86569/details/plas-crwnplas-crwm-garden-llanddewi-velfry I don't know when Plas Crwn fell into ruin.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.813444
Longitude
-4.686092