Abermad House
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Abermad House
Image: © Eirian Evans Taken: 22 May 2015
Set in its own grounds on the floor of the Ystwyth Valley, just off the A485 midway between Llanfarian and Llanilar. It is a Victorian Gothic country house of 1870-72 by John Pollard Seddon, for Lewis Pugh Pugh. J P Seddon one of the leading High Victorian Gothic architects, was at the time architect to the University College in Aberystwyth. Lewis Pugh, prominent saddler in Aberystwyth, bought the Abermad estate in 1852 from the Vaughans of Trawsgoed having made a fortune at the Copa Hill lead mine, which he bought in 1834. Pugh's daughter married John Evans, lime merchant of Commerce House, Aberystwyth, in 1843, reputedly with a dowry of her weight in gold sovereigns, and their son Lewis Pugh Evans inherited Abermad on his grandfather's death in 1868, on condition of changing his surname. Lewis Pugh Pugh (1837-1908) was MP for Cardiganshire 1880-85. (British Listed Buildings). This Grade II listed building is now a private nursing home.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.364841
Longitude
-4.057253