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Picture of the original Gwaelodygarth House (photo courtesty Merthyr Tydfil Heritage Trust)
Gwaelodygarth House
Church Homes Ltd is carrying out a sympathetic conversion of the historic Gwaelodygarth House itself into three luxury townhouses.
History of Gwaelodygarth House
Gwaelodygarth House was built in around 1809 by the renowned ironmaster Richard Crawshay for his son-in-law Benjamin Hall. Richard Crawshay ran a successful iron works at Cyfarthfa – supplying Britain’s navy with iron for battle ships and cannons. Admiral Nelson visited the works in 1802 as a personal thank you.
The house was owned by Crawshay’s company – Cyfarthfa Ironworks – and on Benjamin Hall’s death was passed to William Crawshay II. He lived here while building nearby Cyfarthfa Castle, where he went to live in 1852.
The property was then sold outside the family and was inhabited until 1922, when it was sold and used as a domestic training institution. It was used as a school for girl evacuees during World War II.
After the war it was bought by the local health board, and served as a training school for nurses, after which it became a residential unit under Aberdare General Hospital until 1975. It became redundant in 1999.
Extracts from ‘Buildings at Risk’ courtesy of Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council.
Church Homes Ltd is carrying out a sympathetic conversion of the historic Gwaelodygarth House itself into three luxury townhouses.
History of Gwaelodygarth House
Gwaelodygarth House was built in around 1809 by the renowned ironmaster Richard Crawshay for his son-in-law Benjamin Hall. Richard Crawshay ran a successful iron works at Cyfarthfa – supplying Britain’s navy with iron for battle ships and cannons. Admiral Nelson visited the works in 1802 as a personal thank you.
The house was owned by Crawshay’s company – Cyfarthfa Ironworks – and on Benjamin Hall’s death was passed to William Crawshay II. He lived here while building nearby Cyfarthfa Castle, where he went to live in 1852.
The property was then sold outside the family and was inhabited until 1922, when it was sold and used as a domestic training institution. It was used as a school for girl evacuees during World War II.
After the war it was bought by the local health board, and served as a training school for nurses, after which it became a residential unit under Aberdare General Hospital until 1975. It became redundant in 1999.
Extracts from ‘Buildings at Risk’ courtesy of Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council.
